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OBITUARY RECORD OF GRADUATES OF YALE UNIYERSITY Deceased during the Academical Year ending in June, 18Q3-, Including the Record of a few who died previously, hitherto unreported. [PRESENTED ATTHE MEETING OF TBE ALUMNI, JUNE 27th, 1893.] [No 3 of Fourth. Printed Series, and No 52 of the whole Record ]

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OBITUARY RECORD

OF

GRADUATES OF YALE UNIYERSITYDeceased during the Academical Year ending in

June, 18Q3-,

Including the Record of a few who died previously, hitherto

unreported.

[PRESENTED AT THE MEETING OF TBE ALUMNI, JUNE 27th, 1893.]

[No 3 of Fourth. Printed Series, and No 52 of the whole Record ]

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OBITUARY RECORDOF

GRADUATES OF TALE UNIYEESITT

Deceased during the Academical year ending in

JUNE, 1393,

Including the record of a few who died previously, hitherto unreported.

[PRESENTED AT THE MEETING OF THE ALUMNI, JUNE 27th, 1893 ]

[No 3 of Fourth Pnnted Series, and No. 52 of the whole Eecord ]

YALE COLLEGE.

ACADEMICAL DEPARTMENT.

1820

EDWARD MCCRADY, the son of John McCrady, and the grand-son of Edward McCrady, an emigrant from County Antrim,Ireland, was born in Charleston, S. C, on March 16, 1802.

He began the study of law under the direction of his uncle,Justice William Johnson, of the Supreme Court of the U. S., andcompleted his course with the Hon Mitchell King, of Charleston,with whom he practiced for a short time after his admission tothe bar in 1824. He was prominent in his opposition to nullifi-cation in 1832-3, and subsequently accepted and filled the officeof TJ. S. District Attorney (until his resignation m 1850), in orderto identify himself more distinctly with the policy of the South-ern Rights Association, which favored cooperation of SouthernConservatives, but not secession. He was also elected to theState Legislature, where he served for several years very use-fully. As a member of the Convention of 1860 he voted forsecession, believing that that movement could no longer bedelayed without anarchy resulting at home. His last public ser-vice was as a member of the Legislature in 1864 and 1865.

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He continued in active practice until long past 80, andattained eminence and universal respect in his profession. Heheld an equally high rank in the councils of the Episcopalchurch For fifty years he represented St. Philip's, the mother-church of the diocese, in the Diocesan Convention ; for fortyyears he was a member of the standing committee of the diocese,and for over thirty years a deputy to the General Convention.

After an illness of some months he died at his house m Charles-ton on November 16, 1892, in his 91st year. He had been sincePresident Woolsey's death in 1889, the last survivor of hiscollege class, and since June, 1891, the oldest living graduate ofthe University.

He married in 1829 Louisa Rebecca, the daughter of RobertLane, an English merchant who had settled in Charleston. Hisfour daughters and two of his four sons survive him ; his eldestson died in 1881, and his third son in 1882.

1822

THOMAS EDWARD VERMILYE, the second son of William W.and Mary (Montgomery) Vermilye, was born in New York Cityon February 27, 1803 He entered the class in May, 1819, andleft about three years later, before graduation, but was enrolledas a graduate in 1867.

After a course of theological study in Princeton, N. J., hewas licensed to preach by the Presbytery of New York in April,1825, and after ordination by the same Presbytery was installedover the Vandewater Street Church in New York City, in Jan-uary, 1826. On May 26, 1830, he was installed over the 1stCongregational Church in West Springfield, Mass.} whence hewent in May, 1835, to the 1st Reformed Dutch Church inAlbany, N. Y , and m October, 1839, he began a memorablecareer as one of the ministers of the Collegiate ReformedChurch m New York City, which ended only with his life. Hewas able to take an occasional part in public worship up towithin three months of his death, which occurred in New York,after a brief illness, on March 17, 1893, in his 91st year. Thedegree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on him by RutgersCollege in 1837 and also by Union College in 1838, and that ofDoctor of Laws by Jefferson College (Pa.), in 1857, and byColumbia College in 1875.

He married in 1822 Elizabeth B., widow of Ebenezer Rock-wood, of Boston, Mass., and only daughter of Ebenezer Hazard

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(Coll. of N. J. 1762), of Philadelphia, P a , Postmaster Generalof the XL S. She died on January 12, 1861. Of their five chil-dren only two, a son and a daughter, are still living.

1827

MALTBY GELSTON was born in Sherman, Conn., on Apnl 30v

1805. He was the fourth child and second son of the Rev.Maltby Gelston (Yale Coll. 1791), pastor of the CongregationalChurch in that town, and of Jane, daughter of the Rev. JoelBordwell (Yale Coll. 1756), of Kent, Conn.

After graduation he spent three years m the Yale DivinitySchool, and in the fall of 1830 was ordained as an evangelist inLitchfield, Conn. He then preached for a year in the Congrega-tional Church in Bridgewater, Conn., and for a second year inthe Presbyterian Church in Medina, N. Y. From January, 1833,to February, 1836, he was the settled pastor of the PresbyterianChurch in Clyde, N. Y. He then accepted a call to the Congre-gational Church in Rushville, in the township of Potter, also inWestern New York, where he was installed on June ]0,1836, andwhere during a successful pastorate of nineteen years he built upan influential society. After a few months spent in the serviceof the American Sunday School Union he became the statedsupply of the Presbyterian Church in Albion, Mich., where helabored for fire years (1855-60). He was then for ten monthsan agent of the American and Foreign Christian Union, andafterwards supplied for two years the Congregational Church inGrass Lake, Mich. In May, 1863, he removed to Ann Arbor,Mich., for the sake of educational advantages for his sons, andfor the rest of his life resided in that city. For twelve years hewas almost constantly engaged in laborious missionary work inthe northern part of the State, and finally from 1875 to 1885 hehad charge of the Presbyterian Church in South Lyon, some thir-teen miles north of Ann Arbor.

Shortly after his retirement he was prostrated by a paralyticstroke, and after eight years of patient invalidism he died at hishome in Ann Arbor, on February 19, 1893, in his 88th year.

He married, on August 20,1834, Marcia H., daughter of JosephMerwin, of New Milford, Conn , who died about six years beforehim.

Of their seven children three died in early life and two daugh-ters and twa sons (both clergymen) are still living

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1829

JOHN BROWNLEE ROBERTSON was born in Charleston, S. C ,on September 14, 1809.

After graduation he began the study of medicine with hisbrother-in-law, Dr. S. H. Dickson (Yale Coll. 1814), and receivedthe degree of M D. from the Charleston Medical College in 1832.He had already married in New Haven, in 1830, Mary W.,daughter of Abel Denison, and he settled here in business butdid not practice his profession. His wife died on February 1,1835, and in 1838 he married Miss Mabel Maria Heaton, daugh-ter of Abiam Heaton, of New Haven. In 1837-8 he was a mem-ber of the Common Council, and in 1840 he was sent to theGeneral Assembly of the State, but declined a re-nomination in1842. In 1846 he was a member of the State Senate, and for thetwo succeeding years he was Secretary of State. He was thenmade postmaster of New Haven and served until 1853. Untilabout this date he was engaged in the business of carpet-manu-facture. He was also, until his retirement m 1870, secretary ofthe American Mutual Life Irsurance Company. In 1867-8 heserved as alderman of the city, and in 1881 and 1882 as mayor,with great acceptance At the time of his death, as for manyyears previous, he was junior warden of Trinity Church

He died of old age at his residence in New Haven on July 14,1892, in his 83d year. His wife survives him with five of theirsix children—three daughters and two sons—the elder son beinga graduate of Yale College m the class of 1872. Two childrenby his former marriage died before him

CHARLES DKAKE ROBINSON, son of Henry Robinson, a nativeof Durham, Conn., and of Elizabeth (Bingle) Robinson, fromWoolwich, England, was born m New York City on Februaiy15, 1811.

For several years he was in partnership in his native city withJoseph Hoxie, aftei wards prominent in political life, in a laigeclothing house In 1837 he made an extensive prospecting tourthrough the West and South, and two years later, having lesolvedto become a Western farmei, he purchased a farm in CookCounty, Illinois, three miles fiom the present town of Blue Isl-and, and fifteen miles from Chicago, to which he emigrated in1840 with his wife and infant daughter. In 1849, leaving agri-

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cultural pursuits, lie established in Blue Island the first exchangefor general merchandise. As the business increased two branchstores in neighboring towns were added, and Mr. Robinson wasrecognized as always among the foremost citizens of the place inall educational and philanthropic movements.

He retired from business many years before his death, whichoccurred at his residence in Blue Island on May 23, 1893, in his83d year.

He married Emily, daughter of Benjamin Ballard, of Maid-stone, England, and nine children survive him.

DANIEL ULLMANN, son of John J. Ullmann, a native of Stras-burg, Alsace, was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on April 28,1810. His mother was Jeanne F. LeFranc, of an ancient Frenchfamily.

After giaduation he taught for two years in the academy inWilkes-Barre, Pa., in the meantime also studying law. He thencontinued his legal studies in the office of the Hon. Henry RStorrs of New York, and early entered on practice m that cityIn 1851 he was the candidate of the Whig party for Attorney-General of the State, and in 1854 he was the candidate of theKnow-Nothing party for Governor In the early months of 1862he assisted in raising the *78th Regiment New York Volunteers,of which he became colonel. This regiment bore an honoiablepart in many engagements, and after the battle of Cedar Moun-tain, Colonel Ullmann, who was piostiated by typhoid fever andleft behind, was captured and thrown into Libby Prison. InJanuary, 1863, he was promoted to be Brigadier-General of Vol-unteers, and he was actively engaged for some months in theorganization of a brigade of colored troops in New OrleansAfter further distinguished service at Poit Hudson and in theWest-Mississippi district he was promoted Bievet Major-Generalin March, 1865, and mustered out of service. He then reinedfrom active life, and his later years were spent in foreign traveland at his home near Nyack, Rockland County, N. Y , in whichvillage he died on September 20, 1892, in his 83d year.

General Ullmann married on August 19, 1865, Amelia G, theonly child of the Rev. William Beman, D D., long the lector ofTrinity Church, New York. She died in Brunnen, Switzerland,on Apiil 21, 1890.

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1830

ENOCH MEAD, son of Colonel Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Holmes)Mead, was born in Greenwich, Conn., on September 2, 1809.

Upon graduation he entered the Theological Seminary inAuburn, N Y., where he spent three years, and on January 8,1834, he was ordained and installed over the CongregationalChurch in New Haven, Vt. The severe climate induced him tolemove to the West in 1837, and he settled in Rockingham,Iowa, on the Mississippi river, and at that time the county-seatof Scott County There he organized a Presbyterian Church, ofwhich he continued pastor until the decline of the place and thetransfer of capital and population to the adjoining township ofDavenport. He retained his residence in Rockingham until hisdeath, and after his relinquishment of a regular pastorate (in1846) devoted himself for about six years longer to missionarywork in the vicinity. His failing stiength then admonished himto retire, and he occupied himself for the rest of his life in thecare of his small-fruit farm. He died in Rockingham on Decem-ber 6, 1892, m his 84th year

He was married in Weybndge, Vt , on January 2, 1835, toMiss Mary E James, who survives him with their two children,a son and a daughter.

1831

WILLIAM INGRAHAM KIP, the eldest child of Leonard Kip, adistinguished New York merchant, and Maria (Ingraham) Kip,was born m New York City on October 3, 1811

After reading law for a time he turned his attention to theministry, and studied for a year in the Theological Seminary atAlexandria, Va., completing his course at the General Theolog-ical Seminar}' in New York City in 1835. Having been ordaineddeacon by Bishop B. T. Onderdonk on June 28, he accepted theposition of rector of St. Peter's Church, Momstown, N J., butthe next year became assistant minister of Grace Church, NewYork City. In 1837 he accepted the rectorship of St. Paul'sChurch, Albany, N. Y., remaining there until his consecration asBishop of the Missionary Diocese of California on October 28,1853. He reached San Francisco in January, 1854, and in April,1857, on the organization of California as an independent dio-cese, he was reelected Bishop and labored with industry and self-sacrifice as long as his strength lasted. On account of his

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infirmities an Assistant Bishop was consecrated in June, 1890.In 1891 his health failed more seriously and after two years ofgreat weakness he died at his residence in San Francisco, onApril 7, 1893, in his 82d year.

Bishop Kip had decided literary tastes and published about adozen historical and devotional works, all of them of recognizedvalue. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on himby Columbia College in 1847, and that of Doctor of Laws byYale College in 1872,

He married on July 1, 1835, Maria E , daughter of Isaac Law-rence, of Hew York City, by whom he had two sons, who bothsurvive him, the younger being a graduate of this College in 1860.

CHESTER NEWELL, son of Nathan and Betsey (Dearmg)Newell, was born in Belchertown, Mass., on July 8, 1803. Heentered Amherst College from Boston, Mass., in 1825, but soonleft, and in 1826 began the Freshman year here. He remainedwith the class of 1830 until the beginning of the Senior year, butthe poor health which accompanied him through life then forcedhim to lose a year.

He studied theology in the Theological Seminary at Alexan-dria, Va., and was ordained deacon in the Piotestant EpiscopalChurch by Bishop Moore on July 10, 1834.

He published in 1838 a History of the Revolution in Texas(pp. x, 215, 12mo),—the result of observations during a sojournthere for twelve months (1837-8) on account of his health.

On September 8, 1841, he received an appointment as Chaplainin the TJ S. Navy, though he was not advanced to priest's ordersuntil March 25, 1846. His health interfered with his full per-formance of duty after 1857, and especially prevented his activeservice in the Southern Rebellion. He was fully retired in July,1865, being then the senior chaplain on the rolls In later lifehis winters were mainly spent in Savannah, Ga, and his summersin New Jersey. He died of gastritis in Savannah on June 24,1892, at the age of 89, and was buried in Worcester, Mass

He married m 1851 Miss Sarah J. Hall, of Philadelphia,daughter of James Hall, formerly of Shrewsbury, Mass

WILLIAM HUGHES STOKES, son of William H. and HennettaM. C. Stokes, was born in Havre-de-Grace, Md , on January 21,1812. His parents removed to Baltimore in 1818, and he enteredthe Junior class at Yale in 1829.

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He read medicine for a year after graduation in the office ofDrs. Donaldson and Steuart, of Baltimore, and was subse-quently a student in the medical department of the University ofMaiyland, where he received his M. D. in Ift34. He was thenappointed resident physician to the Maryland Hospital, butresigned the position after a single year. Here his attention wa&first directed to the care and treatment of the insane. In theautumn of 1835 he settled in Mobile, Ala., where he was engagedin a lucrative general practice until 1840. He then spent a yearin professional study abroad, and established himself on hisreturn in 1842 in Baltimore. In 1845 he was appointed Lectureron Obstetrics and the Diseases of Women and Children in theUniversity of Maryland, but withdrew at the end of the year,and was appointed professor of the same branches in the Wash-ington University of Baltimore. In 1850 he resigned this pro-fessorship to devote himself exclusively to his private practiceand to his duties as physician to Mount Hope Retreat, a privateinsane asylum of high standing with which he was connectedfrom 1842 until his letirement from active practice in 1889. Hedied in Baltimore on May 7, 1893, in his 82d year, his deathbeing caused by an attack of measles together with the infirm-ities of old age

Dr. Stokes married on December 19, 1839, Mary C , daughterof Dr. William Biadley Tyler, of Fiederick, Md., and left fourchildren

1832

WILLIAM WARNER BACKUS, son of Thomas and RebeccaBackus, of Lee, Mass., was born m Lee on January 16, 1807,and entered College as a lesident of Ithaca, K. Y., in 1829.

He spent two years (1833-35) in the Yale Divinity School andreceived a license to preach in July, 1835. He was ordained pas-tor over his first charge, the Presbyterian Church in Galhpolis,Ohio, in May, 1837. After a bnef interval he removed to thePresbyterian Chuich, in Benton, N. Y., and thence, in 1839, toCastile, N Y. On Maich 24, 1841, he was installed pastor ofthe Congiegational Church in Bloomfield, Conn., where heremained until April 16, 1844 He was called thence to LowerSandusky, now Fremont, Ohio, and aftei wards to Chester, Ohio.From Chester he went, about 1848, to the Presbyterian Churchin Friendship, JST Y , thence to Camden, 111, and thence to Deca-

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tur, Wisconsin. In 1856 he removed to Leaven worth, Kansas,where he organized a church and built the first brick meeting-house in the State. The expense incurred by this last step ledhim to become a land-agent, and this led to his retirement fromthe ministry in 1859. In later years he was engaged in business,especially in connection with gold-mining

His death occurred at the house of one of his sons, eight milesfrom Guthrie, Oklahoma, on September 2, 1891, in his 85th year.His death was caused by gangrene resulting from a wound in thefoot.

He married at Newark, N. J , in Septembei, 1837, MissFrances Ward, who died in Bloomfield, Conn., leaving four chil-dren. He subsequently married Miss Mary Hawes, of Chester,Ohio, who bore him five children, and died in 1860 He maniedin 1862 Mrs. Berelda Davis, of Dayton, Ohio, by whom he hadone child.

1833

CHARLES SPOTSWOOD MILLS, son of Nicholas and Sarah (Ronald)Mills, was born in Manchester, a village on the James, oppositeRichmond, Ya, on September 29, 1812, and entered Sophomoiein 1830.

He studied medicine immediately after graduation, at first inthe office of an eminent physician in Richmond, and afterwardsat the University of Virginia, but received his degree fiom theJefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, in 1836 For thenext three years he had charge of extensive coal-mmmg opera-tions near Richmond, m Chesterfield County, having been calledhome to take up the business of his father, who wished to retireHe married, on October 17, 1839, the daughter of Col ClaudiusCrozet, an artilleiy officer under Kapoleon, at whose downfall hecame to America, and after serving as Professor of Engineeringat West Point became chief engineer of the State of Viigima.

After his marriage Dr Mills sailed for Europe with his wife,and remained abroad until the summer of 1843, when he returnedto Richmond and entered on the practice of medicine, in whichhe was,engaged with zeal and success and with the reputation ofbeing one of the best surgeons m the State, until May, 1861.He spent the most of the next four years in the country, aboutfourteen miles from Richmond. During the earliei part of thetime, though known as a Union man in the preceding period, his

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sympathies were so keen with suffering that he served as thechief physician in charge of a hospital opened by some ladies inRichmond, until the Confederate government took control of allsuch institutions. Before the war he had been for several yearsa member of the City Council, and was chosen its President. InMarch, 1861, he was induced to stand as the Union candidate forMayor, and was defeated.

At the close of the war he proposed to resume practice inRichmond, but the strong feelmg of hostility manifested towardsall those who were known to have been opposed to the act ofsecession rendered this impossible. He therefore accepted in1868 the office of Sergeant of the City of Richmond, which wasoffered him without his solicitation by Gen. Schofield, then incommand of the Military District. President Grant made himCollector of Customs for the District. About 1883 he once moreresumed the practice of medicine, but found that the infirmities.of age combined with the remembrance of former political differ-ences to hinder his success, so that he soon relinquished the pro-fession of his choice and of his earlier successes. He died at hishome in Richmond on January 10, 1892, in his 80th year, fromchronic bronchitis, resulting from repeated attacks of la grippe,A son and a daughter survive him, two other children havingdied in infancy.

LEONIDAS WILLSOX, son of William and Sarah (Clark) Willson,was born in Clarksburg, Montgomery County, Md., on August15, 1812.

After graduation he studied law, but suffered so much from illhealth for ten or twelve years as to break up all his plans.From 1845 to 1867 he was engaged in mercantile business in hisnative place with success, and for the lest of his life he spent thesummers on the old homestead where he was born, and the win-ters in Baltimore. He was extremely fond of reading, and kepthimself informed in the new movements of thought.

He died in Clarksburg of heait disease on December 23, 1892,in his 81st year, having been in feeble health for more than ayear previously •

He married, in Clarksburg, on April 4, 1859, Maria E. Harris,who survives him He had no children.

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1835

DANIEL BUTLER was born in Hartford, Conn , on June 23,1808. He was the son of Henry and Chloe (Hmsdale) Butler,who removed in 1811 to Blandford, Massachusetts At the ageof 1*6 he returned to Hartford and spent four years in a printingoffice. He then went to Westfield, Mass., where for two yearshis time was divided between the caie of an invalid father andpreparation for College. His father dying in the spring of 1830,he was admitted to College in the following autumn, but withhealth so much broken that he was obliged to withdraw duringFreshman year, and to enter the next class.

On leaving College he went directly to the Theological Sem-inary in Andover, Mass., where he completed the three years'course. On the 31st of October, 1838, he was ordained andinstalled over the Village (Congregational) Church m Doi Chester,Mass., where he spent seven years with a united and affectionatepeople. In 1845 he accepted an appointment as agent of theAmerican Bible Society, and removed his residence to Westbor-ough, Mass. Six years later he was chosen Secretary of theMassachusetts Bible Society, and he retained this office as long ashe was able to labor. He removed about 1853 to Groton, Mass ,and thence in* 1865 to Waverly, Mass , where he was prominentand useful as a citizen. He represented the town in the StateLegislature in 1883. In his chosen field of work he was widelyesteemed as a devout and earnest laborer, and in private life hiscordiality and geniality, blended with a delightful vein of humor,made him universally beloved

He married, in Trenton, N Y , on November 8, 1838, MissJane Douglas, by whom he had five children, of whom two diedin infancy. About a year before his own death his wife and hiselder son died with a month of each other ; from that date hefailed giadually, and after a final illness of seven weeks he diedat his home in Waveily on February 4, 1893, m his 85th yearHe leaves a son (Yale Coll. 1866) and a daughter.

ORAN REED HOWARD, youngest and only surviving son ofJoseph and Delana (Reed) Howard, was born in Franklin, Dela-ware County, N. Y., on May 24, 1810, but in the spring of 1811his parents returned to their former home in Tolland, Conn.While preparing for College he taught school for several win-ters, and received license as a Methodist preacher.

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For two years after graduation he taught in Milford, Dela-ware, and then went to Boston, Massachusetts, where the presid-ing elder of the Methodist Church assigned him to a vacantcharge at South Boston. At the conference of 1838 he wasordained deacon, and was assigned for the next year to Water-town, Mass. On account of ill health he declined anotherappointment in 1839, and spent the year in editorial work onThe Christian Advocate and Journal in New York City. Hemarried, on April 18, 1840, Susan K., daughter of Andrew C.Wheeler, of New York, and in September of that year sailedwith his wife for the Argentine Republic, where he spent twoyears in missionary work. He was recalled in ] 842, owing tofinancial stiaits of the home society, and then became principalof Fairiield Academy, in Herkimer County, N. Y. There Mrs.Howard died, in the summer of 1843, leaving two daughters whoare still living. He resigned this post in 1845, and married oneof his late pupils, Emily, daughter of Nathan Millington, ofRussia, Herkimer County, on July 31. Then followed successiveappointments to the ministry, of one year each, in Painted Post,Lyons, and Geneva, N. Y. In 1848 he resumed theologicalstudies with Bishop Delancey, in Geneva, and on April 29, 1849,was ordained deacon in the Protestant Episcopal Ghurch by thatprelate. For the next eight yeai s he was rector of St. Peter'sChurch, in Dansville, N. Y , being advanced to the priesthood bythe same bishop on July 7, 1850. In March, 1857, he was calledto St Thomas' Church, Bath, N. Y., where he spent the rest ofhis life, with the highest esteem of the whole community. In1882 he was made rector emeritus of the parish, and for fiveyeais after that date acted as chaplain of the Church Home,Buffalo. The honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was con-ferred on him by Hobart College in 1868. He died in Bath onMarch 2, 1893, in his 83d yeai. His wife died about two weeksbefore him. Of her four children the eldest son and a daughterare still living

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JOHN WOOD BLACK, son of Thomas and Mary W. Black, wasborn in Spiingfield township, Burlington County, N. J., onMarch 20, 1816

After graduation he studied law for two years and a half inthe city of New York. Being compelled by ill health to rehn-

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quish a sedentary life, he returned to his native county andengaged extensively in farming. He died at his life-long resi-dence, near Jobstown, N. J., on July 28, 1892, m his 77th year.He was never married.

JOHN CODMAN HURD, son of John R. and Catharine M,(Codman) Ilurd, was born in Boston, Mass., on November 11,181b. His father was a raei chant in New York City, and he hadspent two years in Columbia College before entering the Sopho-more class in Yale,

After graduation he studied for a year in the Yale LawSchool, and for two years more in an office in New York City.He was admitted to the bar, and was nominally, though at notime actively, engaged in practice in New York until after hisfather's death, in 1872. After he was released from filial dutyhe traveled abroad extensively. He died at the house of his sis-ter in Boston, Mass., where he had lately made his home, onJune 25, 1892, after an illness of several weeks, in the 76th yearof his age. He was never married

He published in 1858-61 two very learned "volumes on "TheLaw of Freedom and Bondage," and in recognition of his abilitythe College conferred on him m 1877 the honoraiy degree ofDoctor of Laws. He also published in Ib81 another lemarkablevolume on " The Theory of our National Existence as shown bythe Action of the Government of the United States since 1861."

Since his death his nephew and executoi has presented to theUniversity Library m Dr. Hurd's name a very valuable collectionof upwards of a hundred and twenty-five volumes from his work-ing hbiary, including his annotated editions of his own publica-tions and the most important authorities in this line of study.

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AARON LUCIUS CHAPIN, second son and third child of DeaconLaeites and Laura (Colton) Chapin, of Hartford, Conn., wasborn there on February 6, 1S17.

During the year after graduation he taught in a family schoolin Baltimore, Md., and from 1838 to 1843 he was a professor inthe New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in New YorkCity, in the meantime also completing (1839-42) the course inthe Union Theological Seminary. On Januaiy 24, 1844, he wasordained at Milwaukee, in Wisconsin Territory, where for nearly

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six years he served as pastor of the First Presbyterian Churchwith signal success. In December, 1849, he was called to Beloit,Wisconsin, to fill the presidency of the College just establishedthere, and that position he occupied from February, 1850, untilhis resignation in July, 1886. He retained a chair of instructionin Civil Polity until his death, although prostrated by paralysisin 1888. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred onhim by Williams College in 1853, and that of Doctor of Laws bythe Regents of the University of the State of New York in 1882.

Dr. Chapin was eminently useful as a pioneer in Wisconsin,where he took from the first a leading position in the religiousand educational life of the community. On Beloit College heleft a distinct religious impress, and besides his efficiency as itshead he did good service as a teacher, especially of politicaleconomy, and published one or two text-books in that science.

He died in Beloit on July 22, 1892, in his 76th year.He married on August 23, 1843, Martha, daughter of Rodol-

phus Colton, of Lenox, Mass., who died on December 12, 1859He next married, on August 26, 1861, Fanny L , eldest daughterof Robert Coit, of New London, Conn., who survives him. Byhis first marriage he had two sons who died in infancy, and adaughter who became^ missionary m China, and is still living.His children by his second marriage were a son and three daugh-ters, all of whom survive him except one daughter who died ininfancy.

GEORGE WILLIAM COOKE, the youngest of eight children ofJoseph and Anna (Bronson) Cooke, was born in Waterbury,Conn , on February 28, 1811.

After graduation he taught school for brief periods in Phelps,N Y., and in Stomngton, Conn. From 1841 to 1845 he was oc-cupied in teaching and m book-keeping in Chicopee, Mass. Mean-time, in 1842, after a series of experiments, he made practicalapplication for the first time in this country of the process of elec-tro-plating gold and silver. In July, 1845, he returned to Water-bury, and was theieafter mainly devoted to developing the artof electro-plating in his native city. In the spring of 1864 themanufactory with which he was then connected removed to Wol-cottville, in the township of Torrington, Conn., where he remaineduntil December, 1867. From 1869 to 1872 he edited and pub-lished a weekly newspaper called The Valley Index in Waterbury.

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At the time of his last illness he was in the employ of the ScovillManufacturing Company as a silver plater. He died in Water-bury, from old age, on August 29, 1892, in his 82d year.

He married, on September 26, 183?, Emily C, daughter ofThomas Johnson, of Middletown, Conn., who died on October 11,1864. Their children were one son, who died in infancy, and twodaughters.

ALFRED EATON IVES, second son of Enoch and Sarah (Gorham)Ives, of New Haven, Conn., was born in this city on December12, 1809. At the close of the Sophomore year he left his classand began the study of theology in the Divinity School, wherehe remained for three years. In 1847 he was given an honorarydegree by the College, and his name was enrolled with his class.

On September 25, 1838, he was ordamed as pastor of the Con-gregational Church in Colebrook, Conn., where he remained untilMay 2, 1848. On September 5, 1849, he was installed over theCongregational Church in Deerfield, Mass., and there continueduntil April 11, 1855, when he went to Castine, Me , where he wasinstalled pastor of the Congregational Church on June 20.

He was dismissed from this pastorate of twenty-three years onJune 18, 1878, but retained his residence among an attached peo-ple. In 1879 and 1883 he was a member of the State Legislature.

He died m Castine, from an attack of influenza, on August 2,1892, in his 83d year.

He married, on November 6, 1838, Harriet P., daughter ofRichard Stone, of New Haven, who died on January 26, 1889.

Their children were three daughters, who died m early child-hood, and two sons who survive him, both graduates of AmherstCollege, the younger being also a graduate of the Yale DivinitySchool,

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CHARLES FIREY MCCATTLEY, son of Hugh and Catharine(Houser) McCauley, was born in Ringgold, Washington County,Md., on January 5, 1816, and entered College at the commence-ment of Sophomore year.

After his graduation he taught for two years in a family schoolnear Natchez, Miss., and then began the study of theology in theSeminary m Princeton, N. J. The main part of his theologicalcourse was pursued, however, in the Seminary of the Reformed

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Church at Mercersburg, Pa., where he was graduated in 1843,and where on June 11 of that year he was ordained and installedpastor of the Reformed Church. On the 1st of November, 1845,he removed to the Reformed Church in Middletown, FrederickCounty, Md., where he continued until December 16, 1855, whenhe entered on the pastorate of the Second Reformed Church inReading, Pa , the home of the rest of his life. Under his wise andearnest guidance the church increased from weakness to an as-sured position of strength and influence During the latter partof his service an assistant pastor was provided, until on accountof failing health he^was obliged to resign all his duties in Novem-ber, 1891 After a brief period of increasing feebleness he diedat his home m Reading, from catarrh of the stomach, on June 19,1892, in his 77th year. He enjoyed in an unusual degree theaffection of his congregation, and was mourned as an eminentmember of his denomination. In ] 872 the degree of Doctor ofDivinity was confei red on him by Franklin and Marshall CollegeIn 1873 he held the position of president of the Synod of the Re-formed Church in the United States

On May 2, 1844, he married Maria Hoke, of Mercersburg, whodied of heart-disease on August 13, 1879. Their children werefive daughters and three sons,—of whom one daughter and oneson are now deceased. The youngest son is a graduate of YaleCollege (1888), and the eldest of West Point (1870).

ISRAEL PERKINS WARREN, the eldest of seven children ofIsaac and Leonora (Perkins) Warren, was born in that part ofWToodbridge which is now Bethany, Conn , on April 8, 1814. In1830 he was apprenticed to a tailor in what is now Naugatuck,Conn.; but having m the spring of 1831 become a Christian, hewas led to decide to study for the ministry, and was released byhis employer foi this purpose

During part of his Senior year in College, and for a year fromgraduation, he taught in an academy in what is now Cromwell,Conn., and for two years afterwards studied in the Yale DivinitySchool In August, 1841, he began to supply the pulpit of theCongregational Church m Granby, Conn., where he was ordainedas pastor on April 20, 1842. His dismission from this charge, athis own request, took effect on May 1, 1845. From July 8, 1846,to September 23, 1851, he was pastor of the CongregationalChurch at Mount Carmel, in the township of Hamden, Conn.;

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and from October 2,1851, to February 3,1856, he held the same re-lation in Plymouth, Conn. In June, 1856, he accepted an appoint-ment as one of the Corresponding Secretaries of the AmencanSeamen's Friend Society m New York City. In May, 1859, hewas chosen Secretary of the American Tract Society at Boston,and served in that office and as editor of the Society's publica-tions until Jan. 1, 1869. After resigning this position, he formeda partnership with his former parishioner, Gen. Erastus Blakeslee,for the publication and sale of books.

In the fall of 1875 he removed to Maine to edit The ChristianMirror, the organ of the Congregational Churches of that State.On the 1st of April, 1877, he purchased the paper, and he con-tinued as its editor and proprietor until his death, at his home inPortland, after some months of feebleness, on October 9, 1892,aged 78-J years.

In his various fields of labor he had been a powerful agent forgood, and had won the respect and regard of the churches andthe community. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferredon him by Iowa College in 1868. He did a large amount of edi-torial work while connected with the Tract Society, much ofthe material published being from his own pen Besides otheiperiodicals, he edited for three years (1867-69) The Sabbath atHome, an illustrated monthly magazine of a high order. Hispublished volumes numbered over twenty; among which areespecially to be noted, The Four Gospels and Acts, with Notes,1871; The Three Judges, 1873, The Parousia, 1879; and TheStanley Families of America, 1887.

On August 25, 1841, he married Jane S., second daughter ofCaptain Thomas Stow, of Cromwell, Conn., who died on Feb-ruaiy 26, 1881. Their children were two daughters who died ininfancy, and one son (Yale Coll 1869). He next married, on Jan-uary 2, 1882, Sarah, daughter of Captain John L. Lewis, andwidow of Henry Cushman, of Portland, who died on Nov 26,1885. On October 6, 1886, he married Juliet M., daughter ofDr. Albert F. Stanley, of Winthrop, Me, who survives him.

1839

FREDERICK TRENCK PERKINS, eldest son of John B andComfort (Sanborn) Perkins, was born m Sanbornton, N. H , onAugust 16, 1811. Before preparing for College he followed hisfather's occupations of farming and tanning.

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After graduation he spent three years m theological study,—the first in Union Seminary, New York City, and the others inthe Yale Divinity School. On October 18, 1842, he marriedHarriet T , eldest daughter of Nathaniel Olmsted, of NewHaven, and niece of Professor Denison Olmsted, and on January11, 1843, he was ordained pastor of the Evangelical Congrega-tional Church in East Cambridge, Mass. He resigned thischarge, on account of the effect of the elimate on his wife'shealth, on May 26, 1851, and on the 11th of the next month wasinstalled over the 1st Congregational Church in Manchester,Conn. After a successful ministry there of fL\e years, he wasdismissed on October 14, 1856. On February 3, 1857, he wasinstalled over the 1st Congregational Church in Williamsburg,Mass. Eaily in 1860 he resigned this charge on account of illhealth, and after spending the summer largely in western travelhe was settled on October 24 over the 1st Congregational Churchin Galesburg, 111., where he continued, zealous and esteemed,until March 3, 1868. From 1870 to 1872 he was in charge ofthe Warburton Chapel, in Hartford, Conn., then for three yearspreached in Naugatuck, Conn., and finally for nine years inTilton, N. H. From ] 884 he made his home with his elder son(Y. C. 1867) m Burlington, Vt., where he died on May 2, 1893,in his 82d year.

His wife died on September 9, 1859, and her two children sur-vive their parents. He next married, on October 2, 1860, ElizaOlmsted, a sister of his first wife, who died on April 22, 1881.

1840

JOHN DEVEREUX, the eldest son of Colonel Thomas P. Dever-eux (Yale Coll. 1813), and Catharine A. (Johnson) Devereux,was born in Raleigh, N. C , on December 12, 1819.

After graduation he became a planter in his native State, witha city residence in Raleigh and a plantation at Halifax on theRoanoke river. During the late war he was Quartermaster forthe State. The results of the war swept away his inheritedproperty, and obliged him to devote himself subsequently tosuch occupations as came in his way. After a lingering illnesshe died at his residence in Raleigh, on April 10, 1893, in his74th year.

He married in 1843 Miss Margaret Mordecai, of Raleigh, bywhom he had eight children. She survives him with numerousdescendants

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HENRY MARTYN GOODWIN, the second son of Caleb Goodwin,a leading merchant of Hartford, Conn , and Harriet (Williams)Goodwin, was born in Hartford on June 8, 1820.

He began his theological studies in 1843 in the Union Semin-ary, New York City, whence he came to the Yale DivinitySchool in 1845 for the closing year of his course. In August,1850, he took charge of the 1st Congregational Church in Rock-ford, 111., over which he was ordained m February, 1851. Heresigned this charge at the end of the year 187l> and spent thenext two years abroad. In 1875 he settled in Olivet, Mich,where he was for twelve years associate pastor of the Congrega-tional Church and Professor of English Literatuie in OlivetCollege, which gave him m 1876 the honorary degree of Doctorof Divinity.

Late in the summer of 1892 he removed to the residence of adaughter in Williamstown, Mass., wheie he died aftei threedays' illness, from pneumonia, on March 3, 1893, in his 73d year

He was a warm admirer of the Rev. Dr. Horace Bushnell, towhom he dedicated his most matured publication, a volume en-titled "Christ and Humanity; with a review of the Doctrme ofChrist's Person " (pp. xxv, 404), which appeared in IS75.

He married on November 6, 1854, Martha, daughter of Dr.John French, of Bath, K H , who died on March 17, 1876Their children were two sons and two daughters.

1842

THEODORE PHILIP BARBER was born in Brattleboro, Vt., onJanuary 27, 1822.

In January, 1843, he became a tutor in a family m Mecklen-burg County, Va., and a year later began the study of theologyunder the Rev. Dr. William Wyatt of Baltimore, teaching atthe same time near that city. On June 7, 1846, he was ordaineddeacon by Bishop Whittingham, at Salisbury, Md., and at oncebegan to officiate as a missionary in Laurel, Prince GeorgeCounty, where he established a new church and remained forthree years,—being advanced to the priesthood in Baltimore onSeptember 24, 1848. In July, 1849, he received the appointmentof Rector of Christ Church, Great Chop tank Parish, Cambridge,Md, where he continued with great acceptance and eminentusefulness until his death. He was for years president of the

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Standing Committee of the Diocese of Easton. In 1875 thedegree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on him by St.John's College.

He died at his home in Cambridge, of Bright's disease, onJanuary 1, 1893, at the age of 71. He married on May 26, 1856>Anna C , daughter of Dr. John H. Hooper, of Dorchester County,Md , who survives him with two of their five children, both sons.

JOSEPH VENEN BROWN was born in Conneaut, Ohio, on August23, 1816.

After graduation he had charge for two years of the villageacademy in his native place, at the same time pursuing the studyof law; but not fancying the confinement of professional lifehe finally engaged in a forwarding and commission business inConneaut. In 1845 he removed to Sault de Ste. Marie, Mich-igan, where he continued in the same business with success Healso established in 1850 a newspaper called-The Lake SuperiorJournal Under President Fillmore's administration he wasreceiver of public monies for the Mineral Land District of Michi-gan, and in 1853 he was appointed the agent of the governmentfor the selection and location of the 750,000 acres of public landdonated for the building of the Sault Ste. Mane Canal. Heengaged subsequently in coppei-mining, but finally returned tohis old home in Ohio for the education of his children. Afterhaving been a paitial invalid from rheumatism for several years,he died at Conneaut on January 22, 1893, in his 77th year.

He married in December, 1850, Maria E., daughter of Jona-than Barnes (Y. C. 1810), of Middletown, Conn, by whom hehad two sons and four daughters

JOSEPH CHANDLER, fifth son of Captain John and Deborah(Eddy) Chandler, was born in [North] Woodstock, Conn., onAugust 12, 1819

After graduation he was for three years a member of the YaleDivinity School, and in September, 1845, he began preaching mWes*t Brattleboro, V t , where he was oidained pastor of theCongregational Church on April 22, 1846. He continued in thatoffice until December 20, 1872, when he was dismissed at hisown lequest. He then began supplying the pulpit of the Con-gregational Church of Saxton's River Village, in the samecounty, wheie he lemained for nearly three years Late in 1875,

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he accepted an invitation to preach m Glencoe, Minn., whitherhe removed about a year later. He remained there until 1881,and from October, 1882, until July, 1884, he was engaged mbusiness in St. Cloud, Mmn. He then resumed the work ofpreaching, in Strawberry Point, Clinton County, Iowa, whencehe removed in 1887 to a church in Lakeland, about twenty milesfrom Minneapolis, Minn. Early in 1891 his infirmities obligedhim to resign, and the remaining months of his life were spentwith his eldest son (Y. C. 1877) m St. Anthony Park, a suburbof St. Paul, Minn., where he died on July 27, 1892, at the ageof 73.

He married, on November 11, 1850, Gertrude M., daughter ofArad Chandler, of Brattleboro, V t , who died at St. AnthonyPark on March 31, 1891.

Their children were three daughters (all deceased) and threesons.

HENRY STRONG MCCALL, fifth son of Henry and Melissa (Hale)McCall, was born in Lebanon, Conn , on February 14, 1819

Immediately upon graduation he went to Albany, N. Y., wheiehe taught in the Collegiate Institute until February, 1847. InMay, 1847, he was admitted to the bar, and then began practicein Albany, where he continued to reside until his death Hepublished several legal works which attained a wide circulationand passed through numerous editions such as, "Notes to theNew York Code of Civil Procedure," "The Cleik's Assistant,"and " The Constable's Guide." After a professional life of greatusefulness he was stricken down in the summer of 1885 by par-alysis, which so affected his vocal organs that he was thenceforthunable to speak His mind remained clear, he enjoyed readingand the company of his friends, and his geneial health w as good,up to the time when a second stroke of paralysis terminatedfatally, at his home in Albany, on March 19, 1893, in his 75thyear.

He married, on May 10, 1849, Miss Rhoda W., daughter ofEbenezer Peaslee, of Bridgeport, Madison County, N. Y , bywhom he had three children* two daughters (one of whom diedin infancy) and one son.

GLEN WOOD was born in Greenbush, Rensselaer County, N. Y,,on April 5, 1818. His eaily advantages were limited, and heprepared himself for College while working at a trade.

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He spent his first year out of College in the service of theAmerican Tract Society, and then for two years taught music inSullivan County, N. Y. Then followed two years in the YaleDivinity School, and in October, 1847, he took charge under theauspices of the American Home Missionary Society of the FirstPresbyterian Church in Keokuk, Iowa. He was ordained as anEvangelist by the Presbytery of Des Moines, in session at CedarRapids, on April 17, 1848. In October, 1850, he resigned hispastorate in order to accept an appointment as General Agent forthe Northwest of the American Tract Society; in 1858 he becameDistrict Secietary of the same Society, and he labored mdefatiga-bly in this office until 1878. His residence was in Chicago duringthe most of this time, but for some years in Davenport, Iowa.He subsequently removed to Lake Forest, 111., and after connec-tion with various other benevolent organizations he became inter-ested about 1886 in the establishment of a Children's Aid Societyin Chicago, of which he was the Secretary until his death Hedied at his home in Lake Forest, from neuralgia of the heart,from which he had been suffering for some months, on January25, 1893, in his 75th year.

He man led, in September, 1847, Miss Maria Lounsbury, ofFallsbuigh, Sullivan County, N. Y., who died in October, 1849;her two children died in infancy. He next mariied, on Novem-ber 25, 1851, Philomela C , eldest daughter of Reuben Bascom,of Newport, N. H , who died in Chicago on May 6, ] 866, leavingno children. On March 15, 1870, he married Jennie L., widow ofP C. Wells, of Chicago, who survives him with theii children, ason and two daughters.

1843

HALLAM ELDRIDGE, son of Christopher Eldndge, one of theearliest settlers in Bmghamton, N Y., was born in that town in1822

After leaving College he entered on the study of law in thecity of New York, and was there admitted to the bar. He prac-ticed his profession there until 1849, when he emigrated to Cali-fornia. Returning m 1853, he settled as a planter in IssaquenaCounty, Mississippi, but in 1860 he came back to his native place,wheie he resided until his death, on February 20, 1893, at the ageof 71 His wife survives him

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CHARLES JONES, the son of a farmer in Wilton, Conn., wasborn there on July 19, 1820.

After leaving College he took up the study of law, and meantimerepresented his native town in the State Legislature m 1844.Subsequently he removed to New York City, where he completedhis preparatory legal studies and was admitted to the bar in 1847.He early gained a prominent position, and was at the time ofhis death one of the oldest active practising lawyers m the city,having been for many years at the head of the firm of Jones &Roosevelt. He was specially well versed in mercantile law, andwas counsel for a number of large corporations He took anactive interest in public affairs, at first as a Whig and afterwardsas a Republican, and was for some years Chairman of the New-York State Republican Executive Committee. He was one ofthe most ardent advocates of the nomination of General Grantfor the Presidency, and as the chairman of the State delegation tothe National Republican Convention in 1868, cast the vote ofNew York for his candidate His residence was m Brooklyn,and about 1S73 he was the Republican candidate for Judge ofthe City Court, but was defeated, and soon after retired frompolitics.

He was stricken with heart-disease while spending a vacation athis country home in Wilton, Conn , and died there on September2, 1892, in his 73d year.

He married, on May 1, 1855, Cornelia A., daughter of WarrenStiles, of Darien, Conn., who survives him with two daughters.

SANFORD BROWN KELLOGG, thiid son of George C. and Clar-issa (Biown) Kellogg, was born in New Hartford, LitchfieldCounty, Conn., on April 13, 1822.

He was admitted to the bar in New Haven, after three yearsof legal study, the last year being spent an the Yale Law SchoolHe began the practice of law in St. Louis, Mo., in partnershipwith Samuel Knox, in October, 1846. He was liberal and public-spirited, and actively interested in founding and sustaining reli-gious and educational institutions in Illinois and Missouri

He did good service for the Union, as a member of the Mis-souri Senate, in 1862-63.

He died April 14, 1893, after a brief illness, at the age of 71.He was married on August 2, 1855, to Maria Louise, only

daughter of the Rev. James Kimball (Middlebury Coll 1820), ofOakham, Mass. Their daughter is a missionary in China He

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was again married on December 14, 1870, to Miss Louise Parker,daughter of the Hon. James Allen, of Oakham, Mass., who sur-vives him. Their daughter is a member of the class of 1894,Wellesley College, and their son is a member of the class of 1895,Yale College.

1844

HENRY WADHAMS BUEL, the eldest child of Samuel Buel,M.D. (honorary Yale Coll 1826), and Minerva (Wadhams) Buel,was born on April 7, 1820, in Litclrfield, Conn., where his fatherwas a practicing physician of eminence for nearly half a century.

Upon leaving College he began the study of medicine with hisfather, and later enteied the offices of his cousin, Dr. WilliamP. Buel (Y C 1826), and of Dr. Gurdon Buck, in New YorkCity, at the same time attending lectures in the College of Phy-sicians and Surgeons where he received the degree of M.D. in1847. He remained in the city, as House Surgeon in the NewYork Hospital, until 1849, when he was appointed resident physi-cian of Sanford Hall, a private insane asylum in Flushing, L. I.In the spring of 1854 he returned to his native town, and in 1858he opened there a private institution, now known as the SpringHill Home for Nervous Invalids. The rest of his life was mainlydevoted to the development of this institution, and his skill andkindness met with distinguished success. He was also a leadingcitizen of the town, prominent in all matters of public interest,president of the local bank, a deacon of the CongregationalChurch, and personally beloved and trusted by the entire com-munity. He was elected to the presidency of the State MedicalSociety m 1872.

He died suddenly, at his home in Litchfield, from a paralyticstroke, on January 30, 1893, in his 73d year. He married, onMarch 24, 1859, Miss Mary Ann Laidlaw, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,who died on December 31,1864 Two daughters and one son bythis marriage are still living The son was graduated at YaleCollege in 1885, adopted his father's profession, and was asso-ciated with him in his work Dr Buel subsequently marriedMiss Catharine K Laidlaw, a sister of his former wife, who alsodied befoie him.

NATHAN COLTON CHAPIN, fourth son of Laeites and Laura(Colton) Chapin, and brother of President Aaron L. Chapin(Yale Coll 1837), whose death is noticed above, was born inHartford, Conn., on September 20, 1823.

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After teaching for a year in Mississippi and for another yearin New England, he spent three years m the Union TheologicalSeminary, New York City, and began his professional career inMilwaukee, Wise, in November, 1849. Two years later heremoved to the church in Watertown, Wise, where he wasordained on November 2, 1851 He remained there until thebeginning of the year 1854 On September 28, 1854, he marriedin Washington, D. C, Mary A., daughter of John Fountain, ofLondon, England, and at once took charge of the Congrega-tional Church in Kenosha, Wise. On October 1, 1857, heremoved thence to La Crosse, Wise , where he was pastor of theCongregational Church for fourteen years ; during four of theseyears he had the care of the public schools of the city From1872 to 1874 he supplied a church in Fanbault, Minn, and hislast settlement was in Rochester, Mmn., from 1874 to 1877. Hisresidence continued in Rochester until 1883 when he removed toMinneapolis, where he died very suddenly from valvular diseaseof the heart, on December 11, 1892, in the 70th year of his age.

His wife died in September, 1891 Their children were thieedaughters and one son.

CHARLES LITTLE, son of Samuel and Jerusha (Bayley) Little,was born in Columbia, Conn., on September 26, 1818.

He studied theology in the Auburn (N. Y.) Seminary, from1844 to 1846, and for the third year of his course in the YaleDivinity School. On September 1, 1847, he was ordained inColumbia as a missionary to India. He labored faithfully andsuccessfully in the Madura Mission of the American Board untilSeptember, 1858, when he returned to this country by reason ofimpaired health From October, 1860, to December, 1861, hewas acting pastor of the Presbyterian Church m Manhus, N Y ,and on January 8, 1862, he was installed over the Congrega-tional Church in Cheshire, Conn. He was dismissed from thischarge in July, 1865, and then supplied for two years the FirstChurch in Woodbury, Conn. In October, 1867, he removed toNebraska, and from January 1, 1868, to May 1, 1870, had chargeof the Congregational Church in Lincoln in that State. For twoyears from May, 1871, he edited a newspaper m Crete, Nebraska,and for the rest of the year 1873 he was similarly occupied inLincoln. He then preached for a year in Coining, Iowa, and in1875 took charge of the Congregational Church m Lewis, Iowa,over which he was installed on July 10,1877. He was dismissed

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on July 24, 1885, and subsequently preached in Clay, Iowa, forthree years. He then retired from active labor, and after a briefresidence in Pasadena, California, made his home with his sec-ond son (B.A. Univ. Nebraska 1871, Ph.D. Yale 1885), in Lin-coln, Nebr., where he died, after eight months' illness, on August19, 1892, at the age of 74.

He married, on September 29, 1847, Amelia M., daughter ofWilliam Newton, of Sherbume, N. Y , who died on the 18th ofthe following July He next married, on September 15th, 1853,Susan Robbms, of Brockport, N. Y., who died on August 31,1870 Their children were two sons and two daughters; oneson and one daughter are still living.

JOSHUA WHITNEY WATERMAN, son of Thomas G Waterman(Yale Coll 1806) and Pamela (Whitney) Waterman, was bornin Bmghamton, N. Y., on December 31, 1824.

He studied law at home for a year after graduation, and com-pleted his studies in Detroit, Mich., where he was admitted tothe bar m 1847 Being in independent circumstances he retiredfrom practice at a comparatively eaily age, but continued toreside m Detroit, where he was held in esteem as a leading cit-izen, until his death on June 24, 1892, in his 68th year.

He married on July 4, 1849, Eliza, daughter of Ira Davenport,of Bath, N Y , who died on Decembei 28, 1865. On November10, 1869, he married a younger sister of his first wife, who diedin 1882 His oldest child was graduated here in 1874, and asecond son in 1886, who died in 1889, leaving to the College thefoundation for a valuable Scholarship

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HENRY DAY, the seventh of nine children of Pliny and Deb-orah (Butts) Day, was born in South Hadley, Mass, on Decem-ber 25, 1820, and entered College as a Sophomore in 1842.

After graduation he had chaige for two years of the Academym Fairfield, Conn , and then spent one year in the Law School ofHarvard University. In 1848 he came to New York City andentered the law office of Daniel Lord, Jr. He was admitted tothe bar in the fall of the same year, and at once went into part-nership with Mr Loid and his son. The firm of Lord, Day &Lord thus formed continued to be a piomment and successfulone through his life. On January 31, 1849, he married MissPhebe L Lord, the daughtei of his partner.

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Mr. .Day was expert in ecclesiastical as well as civil law, andwas notably active in drafting the articles for the re-union of theOld and New School Presbyterian Churches in 1869. He was adirector of both Princeton and Union Theological Seminaries.He also filled many responsible offices in various insurance, trustand railway companies, and was the legal adviser of many largeestates.

He was attacked in the spring of 1892 with jaundice, and diedat his residence in New York, on January 9, 1893, in his 73dyear. His wife died a few years before him. Of their six chil-dren two daughters and one son are still living.

During his later years he traveled extensively for the benefitof his health and published two volumes of his observations"The Lawyer Abroad" (1874), and "From the Pyrenees to thePillars of Hercules " (1883).

JAMES JARMAN DEAN was born in New Haven, on April 3,1825, the eldest son of James E. P. and Ellen E. (Jarman) Dean

After graduation he taught school in Milford and in EastWindsor, Conn., and then entered the Yale Law School. He wasadmitted to the bar in Connecticut in July, 1849, and in May,1850, in New York City, where he began practice immediately.He continued his practice in New York until his death and washighly esteemed. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., at the home ofhis brother, after a brief illness from pneumonia, on February 21,1893, m his 68th year. He was never married.

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ELTSHA BACOK SHAHLEIGH, son of James W , and Hannah L.Shapleigh, was born in Elliot, Me., on November 6, 1823. Hismother was the daughter of the Rev. Samuel Chandler (Harv.Coll. 1790), the minister of Elliot.

After taking his degree he studied medicine at the Universityof Pennsylvania, where he was graduated as M.D. in 1849. Inthe same year he established himself in practice m Lowell, Mass ,but in 1851 he removed to Philadelphia, where he practiced withmuch success until his death. From 1862 to 1874 he was Coro-ner's Physician for the city. He died at his residence in Phila-delphia, on December 10, 1892, in his 70th year.

He married on June 7, 1864, Annie S., daughter of WilliamLoyd, of Philadelphia, by whom he had one daughter.

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JOHN SPAULDING was a son of Deacon John and Elinor (Dix)Spaulding, and was born in Townsend, Mass, on August 8, 1817.He spent the Freshman yeai at Middlebury College, and thenentered Yale, but was obliged by ill health to leave at the begin-ning of the Senior year. He was admitted to a degree in 1874,and his name was subsequently enrolled with his class.

He was graduated at the Law School of Harvard Universityin 1850; and after continuing his studies in the office ofGeoige F. Farley, Esq , of Groton, Mass, he was admitted to thebar in 1851. Immediately afterwards he opened an office inGroton, where he remained until 1859, when he went to GrotonJunction, now Ayer In September, ] 872, he was appointed aspecial justice of the First District Court of Northern MiddlesexCounty In 1882, he removed to Boston, where he had had anoffice for many years before. He died at his home in Boston, onMay 24, 1893, in his 76th year.

He mairied on January 7, 1862, Charlotte A., daughter ofAlpheus Bigelow, Jr., of Weston, Mass., who died June 24, 1889.

After receiving his degree m 1874, Mr. Spaulding gave theCollege a Scholaiship Fund of $500 for the aid of needy students.

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FREDERICK WHITTLESEY COGSWELL, eldest child of Williamand Frances (Whittlesey) Cogswell, was born in Woodbury,Conn , November 27, 1823. He entered College in 1843 and wasgraduated with the class notwithstanding he was prevented bysickness from prosecuting his studies for one full year.

Soon after, he began the study of law in the office of the Hon.Gideon Hall, of Winsted, Conn., where he remained about oneyear, when he was compelled by ill health to retire. He thencame to Cleveland, O , and entered the Water Cure of Dr. Seelefor medical treatment. After about two years, his health beingrestored, he came to Sandusky, 0., resumed his study of law, wasadmitted to the bar at Korwalk, O, in the fall of 1852, andimmediately opened a law office in Sandusky, and continued inactive practice at that place until his decease.

In 1852, when cholera became an epidemic and many fled fromthe city in teiror, Mr. Cogswell was one who labored faithfully,nursing and caring for the sick and dying about him.

Soon after opening his law office he was appointed City Clerk,and filled that position about fourteen years. He was then

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elected Prosecuting Attorney for Erie County, and occupied theposition for thirteen years.

In May, 1864, he enlisted in the 145th Regiment Ohio Volun-teers and was chosen Lieutenant

As a practicing attorney he was safe, honorable and reliable,as a citizen, above reproach.

Mr. Cogswell was married to Julia M Radchffe, October 10,1871, who with two children, a daughter and son, suivives him?

two daughters having died in childhood.After eight months' continued suffering he died at his home in

Sandusky on January 4, 1893, aged 69 years.

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RICHARD SMITH MESICK was born on July 8, 1824, in Mont-gomery County, N. Y., and entered Daitmouth College in 184tA year later he transferred his relations to Yale College,—hisresidence then being in Newark, Wayne County, N. Y.

After graduation he studied law for a short time in the officeof David Dudley Field m New York City, and m the spring of1849 he sailed for California, airiving theie about the middle ofSeptember. He then went to Sacramento, was admitted to thebar, and began the practice of law, locating himself successivelyin Sutter County, in Auburn, Placer County, and in Maiysville,Yuba County. He was very successful in Marysville, where heformed a partnership with Stephen J Field, now Justice of theU. S Supreme Court. When the Know-Nothing party swept theState, in 1855, he was one of its leading spirits, and was sent tothe State Senate. In 1862 he removed to San Francisco, but ayear later left the State to settle in Nevada, where he lived suc-cessively in Aurora, Esmeralda, and Virginia City. While a les-ident of the last-named place he was elected District Judge andalso a Judge, of the Supreme Court. Ultimately he returned toSan Francisco where he was counsel for some firms controlingvery large interests, and gained a high reputation for the success-ful conduct especially of important mining cases. He died there,on May 26, 1893, after a long illness, aged nearly 69 years. Hewas never married.

BENJAMIN HUGER RUTLEBGE was born in Statesburg, SumterDistrict, S. C, on June 4, 1829, the son of Benjamin H. and AliceA. (Weston) Rutledge He entered College as a Sophomore

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During the year after graduation he studied in New Haven,mainly under President (then Professor) Porter in philosophy.He then studied law in Charleston, S. C, in the office of Petigru& Lesesne, and was admitted to the bar in the summer of 1851.After a European tour of eight months he began practice inCharleston Some three years later he formed a partnership withWilliam Whaley, Esq., and gradually achieved success in his pro-fession. In 1860 he was a delegate to the State Conventionwhich passed the Ordinance of Secession, and soon after he en-tered the military service of the Confederacy as Captain, andwon by his bravery promotion to the rank of Colonel. He servedthrough ,the war with distinction, and then resumed practice mCharleston. In 1876 he was sent to the State Legislature, wherehe served for two terms. In 1880 he was nominated for the StateSenate, but declined to run. In 1886 the partnership with JMr.Young in which he had been associated since 1865 was dissolved,and he formed a partnership with his son (a graduate of YaleCollege in 1882) which continued until his death. He died inCharleston from an attack of paralysis of the heart on April 30,1893, at the age of 64.

He married m 1858 Eleanor Maria, daughter of Oliver H. Mid-dleton, of Charleston.

He was deservedly respected and admired in the community asa lawyer, orator, citizen, and friend.

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LEVI BARNES BRADLEY, son of Jason and Phebe (Barnes)Bradley, was born in Southington, Conn., on January 15, 1826.

Having read law for two years in the office of Ex-GovernorToucey, in Hartford, Conn., he was admitted to the bar in thatcity in August, 1851, and at once began practice there. In 1852he served as clerk of the State Senate. At the close of 1853 heremoved to New Haven, and from January, 1854, to July, 1858,he was secretary and treasurer of the New Haven ManufacturingCompany. He was next until 1863 secretary of the City FireInsurance Company, after which he resumed the practice of hisprofession. From July, 1863, to July, 1864, and again fromJuly, 1866, by annual re-election, until July, 1876, he was Judgeof the Probate Court for the district of New Haven. His healthhad begun to fail before the last named date, and in 1880 his

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mind gave way and his friends were obliged to remove him toan asylum. He died in Middletown, Conn., on September 5,1892,in his 67th year.

On November 30, 1853, he married Ann Elizabeth, eldestdaughter of David Scranton, who was for many years presidentof the New Haven Manufacturing Company. She survives himwith their three sons.

RUFTTS ALEXANDER HENSON was born in Burke County, NorthCarolina, in 1828, and died in San Antonio, Texas, in the earlysummer of 1892.

He studied law in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and was admitted to thebar in that State in March, 1851. Subsequently he attended theLaw School of Harvard University, and received the degree ofLL.B. in July, 1852 He spent the next year m San Antonio,Texas, qualifying himself for practice in that State, where hewas admitted to the bar in June, 1853, and where he resideduntil hie death.

He married on September 26, 1849, Miss Mary R. Dealing, ofTuscaloosa, who died in July, 1855. Their three daughters areall deceased

1851

HENRY DEWITT BEMAN, third son of Carlisle P. and Avis(DeWitt) Beman, was born on March 28, 1830, m the village ofMt. Zion, Hancock County, Ga., was prepared for College in theschool taught by his. father, and entered as a Sophomore m De~cembei, 1848

He taught in Georgia for a year after graduation, and in 1852entered the office of Messrs Law &: Barton of Savannah as a stu-dent of law. He was admitted to the bar in 1853, and then beganpractice m Atlanta In 185*7 he removed to Minneapolis, Minn ,where was successfully engaged in his profession until the out-break oi the civil war recalled him to the South. He served inthe Confederate army until near the close of the war, when hishealth failed. In 1866, while still broken in health, he went toNew York City, and there engaged in the practice of law until1876, when his declining health finally induced him to return tohis native State and make his home on the plantation left him byhis father, in Sparta, Ga Here he continued, engaged in farm-ing, until the close of his life, on July 17, 1891, in his 62d year

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He maintained an exemplary Christian character, and was at thetime of his death an elder in the Presbyterian Church.

He married in 1857 Miss Belle Jones, daughter of E. B. Jones,of Penn Yan, N. Y.

1852

ALBERT BIGELOW, the eldest child of Samuel A. and Maria M.(Almy) Bigelow, was born in Stafford, Genesee County, N. Y.,on October 11, 1827. In 1830 his father removed to Buffalo,N. Y,, where after nearly three years' study of law, he was fittedfor College

After graduation he studied for the ministry with his pastor,the Rev Dr M. L P. Thompson, of the First PresbyterianChurch, Buffalo. In December, 1854, he began to preach in thePresbytenan Church in North Bergen, in his native county, andwas ordained and installed pastor of that church in October, 1855.In the autumn of 1856 he was installed over the Ainslie StreetPresbyterian Church in Wilhamsburgh, Brooklyn (E D.), N. Y.;and in October, 1858, he removed to the Presbyterian Church inHomei, Cortland County. In 1863 he became pastor-elect of theFirst Congregational Church, Jackson, Mich., and so continued,without installation, until the autumn of 1865, when—after ashort period of rest—he took charge of the Presbyterian Churchin Silver Creek, Chautauqua County, N. Y., remaining there forfive years. During 1870 and 1871, having been compelled to re-linquish pastoral work by reason of extreme deafness, he servedas a District Secretary of the American Seamen's Friend Society,becoming again, as he continued for most of the time until hisdeath, a resident of Buffalo. For the next fifteen years, althoughalmost constantly supplying churches in the vicinity as a preacher,he engaged m no permanent employment. For two years he wasCorresponding Secretary, Librarian, and Treasurer of the BuffaloHistorical Society, and in the meantime edited two volumes ofthe Society's papers. For some years also he found recreationand successful employment in portrait-painting. In April, 1886,he removed to the village of North Evans, about 15 miles to thesouthwest, and was occupied there in agriculture and in the pas-toral care of a small Congregational Church, which he hadalready supplied for three years, until the failure of his healthm 1890 He died in Harnsbuig, P a , after a long and painfulillness, on June 27, 1892, in his 65th year

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He married, on April 18, 1853, Maria, second daughter ofLucius StoiTS, of Buffalo, who survives him with two of theirthree sons,—the eldest having died about a year before his father.

DAVID BRIGHT GREEN, the third son of John and Catharine(Bright) Green, was born in Reading, P a , Decembei 22, 1831,and entered College in May, 1849.

Returning to his home he read law in the office of John S.Richards, Esq, a noted practitioner, and was admitted to theBerks County Bar in January, 1855 In April, 1856, he removedto the adjoining county of Schuylkill, and at Pottsville, thecounty seat, began the practice of the law with marked success

In 1862 he enlisted in the War of the Rebellion and wasappointed Adjutant of the 12th Regiment Pennsylvania Volun-teers. After serving nine months, during which he took part mthe battles of 2d Bull's Run, Antietam, Fredencksburg, andChancellorsville, the regiment was mustered out of service

In the early summer of 1863 the rebel army under General Leeinvaded Pennsylvania. To assist the regular forces to defendthe State, Governor Curtin called for troops for the emergency.In response to the call Mr. Green again volunteered, and waselected Lieut -Colonel of the 27th Regiment. The emergencyended with the victory at Gettysburg, after a service of threemonths. Upon his return from the army he resumed the law andsoon commanded a large and paying practice.

After the close of the war an oath-bound band of assassins,known as "the Mollie McGuires," terrorized the coal-mmingregions of Central Pennsylvania In their secret councils promi-nent citizens who had incurred the hostility of the order weremarked for destruction, and numbers were waylaid and shot.To put an end to this condition of affairs the Legislature of theState at its session in 1867 established a special court of criminaljurisdiction for Schuylkill County, the central field of operations ofthe outlaws. For the President judge of this new court Mr. Greenwas selected by Governor Geary, upon the recommendations ofthe members of the Schuylkill bar, as well fitted for the positionand of sufficient nerve to deal with the lawless element Beingnominated by the Republican party in the same year he waselected to the same position for a period of ten years. So effect-ively was this court conducted that with the assistance of thedetective machinery organized by Mr Frank B Go wan, the

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assassins were tracked to their dens, arrested, tried, and convicted.With the execution of the leaders and the imprisonment of theirguilty followers, the Molhe organization was in the course of afew years exterminated and law and order completely restored.

By the new constitution of 1874 the special court, havinganswered the purpose of its creation, was abolished, but by a pro-vision of that instrument Mr. Green was continued as a judge ofthe Common Pleas Court until the expiration of his term ofoffice He then resumed his professional business.

The term of one of the judges of the court being about toexpire, in the summer of 1881 Mr. Green was pressed to consentto be a candidate for the place. His largely increased practiceinduced him at first to decline, but being repeatedly urged hewas nominated without any personal effort by the Republicanconvention and triumphantly elected in a district largely Demo-cratic, for a term of ten years In 1891, when his term as judgewas about to expire, so faithfully and satisfactorily had he con-ducted himself in his office that he was for the third time nom-inated and was again elected by an increased majority. He hadserved little more than a year of this term when on the 6th ofFebruary, 1893, he received an apoplectic stroke—believed tohave been caused by overwork—and died the same day, m his62d year, sincerely mourned by all.

Mr Green was married to Catharine, daughter of Lewis P.Brooke, at Lynchburg, Va., on December 8, 18*70, and left tosurvive him his widow, two daughters, and one son

OLIVER NICHOLS PAYNE, son of Thomas Payne, was born inSouth old, L. I , N Y , on April 13, 1828

From October, 1852, to March, 1854, he was principal of theBrainard Academy, m Haddam, Conn. He then taught forbriefer periods in Ellington, N. Y., and Warren, Pa., and havingalready begun the study of law, continued it in Warren, andbegan practice in 1856 m Corning, N. Y. In 1861 he removedto New York City, where he continued in business until hisdeath, at his house in Brooklyn, 1ST. Y., on March 17, 1893, in hie65th year.

He married on August 13, 1852, Ellen M. Bolles, of Clinton,Conn, who died on September 18, 1876. He next married, onApril 12, 1877, Leonora A Shepherd, of Charleston, S. C. Hischildren by his first marriage were three sons and two daughters,of whom one son and one daughter died in infancy.

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RANDALL L E E GIBSOX, son of Tobias and Louisiana B (Hart)Gibson, was born at Spring Hill, near Versailles, WoodfordCounty, Ky., on September 10, 1832 This was the homesteadof his mothei's family, his father's chief residence being in Lex-ington, Ky., though he also occupied a large sugar-plantation inTerrebonne Parish, La.

After giaduation he studied law for two years in the LawDepartment of the University of Louisiana, at New Oi leans, andthen went abroad, remaining about three years, during whichtime he tiaveled widely, studied in Beilin, and was for a fewmonths an attache of the U. S. legation at Madrid. He then set-tled on his father's plantation in Louisiana, and on the openingof the Southern rebellion entered the Confederate service Hewas for a few months captain in the 1st Regiment of LouisianaArtillery, and was then elected Colonel of the 13th LouisianaInfantry. He was promoted to be a Brigadier General in 1863,and to be Major-General m 1864, commanding a division in thelast campaign of the war

In 1865 he began the practice of law in New Orleans, and soongained an assuied position at the bar. In 1872 he was elected tothe United States Congiess as a democrat but was denied hisseat. He was again elected m 1874, and continued in office from1875 until his elevation to the Senate of the United States onMarch 4, 1883. At the time of his death he was serving his sec-ond term as Senator His personal accomplishments gave himgreat opportunities in this position, and he used them with con-spicuous success He was also piominent in all public matters inLouisiana, and especially so as the adviser of Mr. Paul Tulane inthe establishment of Tulane Umveisity, of the Boaid of Admin-istrators of which he was the president until his death.

He died at Hot Springs, Ark., after a painful illness, onDecember 15, 1892, in his 61st year.

Senator Gibson married, on January 25, 1868, Mary, daughterof R. W. Montgomery, of New Oileans, who died m May, 1887.Of their live children two died in infancy and three sons are stillliving.

JAMES METCALF GILLESPIE, son of John F and Susan (Smith)Gillespie, was born on March 6, 1832, near Natchez, AdamsCounty, Mississippi. He entered College near the end of Fresh-man year.

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After graduation he studied law in Harvard University for oneyear. He then returned home, and on his father's death in 1855began cotton-planting on a large plantation which he inheritedin Tensas Parish, Louisiana He continued a resident of thatParish through his life, and during all those years was one of itsmost valued and public-spirited citizens and benefactors. Hisabilities and force of character ensured him success in his largebusiness interests, while his kindness and charity won the admir-ation and esteem of his associates and dependents. He repeatedlydeclined nomination to political office, accepting only such publictrusts as would enable him to promote the direct welfare of thecommunity in which he lived.

Dunng the summer of 1892 he made a tour through the West,and while on a visit in Rochester, N. Y., on his return, was seizedwith a slight attack of pleurisy, followed by pneumonia. Hedied there very suddenly and unexpectedly on October 17, in his61st year.

He married on April 22, 1856, Miss Frances L., daughter ofDi James Denny, of Adams County, Mississippi, who surviveshim with one of their four children, a son who was graduated atYale College in 1887.

AUGUSTINE HART, elder son of John and Millicent (Hart)Hart, was born in Burlington, Conn., on December 16, 1829.

After brief engagements in teaching in Westbrook, Conn,West Bloomfield, N. J., Yonkeis, N. Y , and Havre de Grace,Md , he icturned in 1859 to Connecticut, as principal of the Guil-ford Academy. He had married on October 26, 1854, MarthaC , daughter of Deacon Joshua Bird, of Bethlehem, Conn.In the spring of 1860 he removed to New Haven and was forover three years connected with General Russell in his Collegiateand Commercial Institute. For a year longer he continued inNew Haven, receiving a few boys into his family for educationHe then took charge of the Caldwell Institute, a boarding-schoolfor young ladies in Danville, Ky , where his wife died on Decem-ber 8, 1865. At the close of the school year he then returnedtemporarily to Connecticut, and in the fall of 1868 settled mCouncil Bluffs, Iowa. He was admitted to the bar m 1868, butnever practiced. For the first three yeais of his residence inCouncil Bluffs he was principal ot one of the city schools, but forseveral years later he was engaged in traveling for the Appletons

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and other publishing houses In 1884 he resumed teaching andwas for a few years principal of the City High School. For twoyears before his death he was in poor health, from albuminaria,and for the last year he was unable to attend to business. Hedied at his home in Council Bluffs, suddenly, on April 25,1892, inhis 63d year.

He married for the second time, on May 14, 1868, Mary F.Holland, of Chicago, who survives him with a daughter and ason, one daughter having died m infancy. The only child of hisfii st marriage, a daughter, is also living.

EDWARD WOODRUFF SEYMOUR, the eldest child of the HonOrigen S. Seymour (Yale Coll 1824), Chief Justice of the Stateof Connecticut, and Lucy M. (Woodruff) Seymour, was born onAugust 30, 1832, in Litchfield, Conn., his home through life.

After graduation he studied law with his fathei, who was thena member of Congress, and meantime acted as his pnvate secie-tary in Washington. In 1856 he was admitted to the bar m hisnative town, where he was engaged in practice with success untilJanuary, 1875, when he removed his office to Bridgeport andentered into partnership with his youngest brother (Yale Coll1866). In 1859, 1860, 1870, and 1871 he was a Representativein the General Assembly of the State; and in 1876 he was a mem-ber of the State Senate. In the fall of 1882 he was elected toCongress as a Democrat, and was reelected in 1884. He wasagain nominated in 1888, but was defeated at the polls InNovember, 1889, he was appointed a judge of the SupremeCourt of the State for the full term of eight years, and he ful-filled the duties of that position conscientiously and ably until hisdecease. He died at his home in Litchfield, from acute menin-gitis, after two days'illness, on October 3 6, 1892, in his 61st year.

Judge Seymour married on May 12, 1864, Mary F., daughterof Frederick A. Tallmadge, of New York City, who survives himwithout children.

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JAMES WILLIAM HUSTED, son of John W and Caroline (Ray-mond) Husted, was born in Bedford, Westchester County, N. Y.,on October 31, 1833.

After graduating he taught for two years in Bedford, thenstudied law and taught in Peekskill, and was admitted to the bar

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and settled as a lawyer in his native county in July, 1857. Fromthe first he devoted himself enthusiastically to political life.After filling numerous local oflices he was elected to the StateAssembly in 1868, and continued a member of that body fortwenty-two years, during which time he was six times (beginningm 1874) elected speaker,—more often than any other person inthe history of the State He was also Harbor Master of thePort of New York, and in 1870 was appointed one of the Com-missioners of Emigration In 1873 he attained the rank ofMajor-General of the Fifth Division of the N. T. NationalGuard. He was prominent in the counsels of the Republicanparty, and while on his way to the meeting of the NationalRepublican Convention in June, 1892, he was attacked by illness,which caused his death at his home in Peekskill, N. Y., on Sep-tember 25, at the age of 59. —

He man led, on December 21, 1859, Helen M., daughter ofThomas D. Southard, of Peekskill, who survives him with theirchildren, two sons and two daughters. The sons are graduatesof Yale College, m 1883 and 1892, respectively

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WILLIAM HARVEY WILLSON CAMPBELL, who was born in Bos-ton, Mass., on October 23, 1833, was the son of Harvey Willson,of Boston, who emigrated in 1837 with a New-England colony toRockwell, Illinois, and succumbed with his wife to an epidemicthere in 1838. Their child was then adopted and educated byone of his father's friends, Mr. Campbell, of Boston, whose sur-name he added thereafter to his own He entered College fromChelsea, Mass

After buef occupation in editing, teaching, and studying, heaccompanied as meteorologist in 1857 the party sent out by theTJ S government for a survey for an mteroceanic ship-canal nearthe Isthmus of Darien vid the river Atrato, and was afterwardsengaged m working up the results of the survey in Washingtonuntil April, 1859. In August, 1860, he settled in Norwich, Conn.,as an editor of the Bulletin, and was thus occupied until hisresignation on account of ill-health in March, 1864 He thenwent to Washington as secretary to the Senate committee onPensions (of which Senator Foster was chairman), but after a lewmonths was recalled to Norwich, and until a change of proprietor-ship m the Bulletin (m March, 1873) he was one of its editors,

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and from July, 1869, one of the owners. Failing health thenobliged him, after an industrious and highly honorable editorialcareer, to retire definitely from the responsibilities of daily news-paper work.

In the later years of his life he traveled extensively, visitingEurope eight times, partly in pursuit of health, and partly forthe introduction of various inventions in which he had an interest.He was also engaged, when health permitted, to a considerableextent in literary work, for various peiiodicals. He made his homefor some time, from 1886, at Redlands, in Southern California,and thence undertook a tour around the world in 1887 Afterthe fall of 1888 he was a sufferer from progressive locomotorataxia, and in May, 1889, he was brought to the East for treat-ment. In 1891 he was taken to the Invalids' Home, Fair HavenHeights, New Haven, Conn., where he died on December 9, 1892,in his 60th year

He was married, on November 28, 1861, to Elizabeth W.,daughter of Dr. Alexis Painter (Y. C 1815), of West Haven,Conn., who survives him without qhildren

JOHN HUNTER WOREALL, son of Frederick and Sarah Worrall,was born in Delaware County, Pa., on February 18, 1827, andentered College from Montgomery County.

Fiom graduation until May, 1859, he taught mathematics inthe Academy in Westchester. Pa. He then spent three years ingraduate study at New Haven, receiving the degree of Ph D in1862. After a few months' interval (spent in teaching m Newark,Del) he returned to Westchester, where he taught with distin-guished success until the failure of his health from heart-disease in1890. He died of pneumonia at the home of a niece in EastBradford, Pa., on October 26, 1892, in his 66th year

1858

ORLANDO BROWN, son of Orlando and Mary (Watts) Brown,was born in Frankfort, K y , on January 30, 1839, and enteredthe Class at the beginning of the Junior year.

After graduation he studied law at home with the Hon. JamesHarlan, Attorney-General of the State. In October, 1861, he en-listed in the 22d Kentucky Regiment. In April, 1862? he waspromoted to be Major, and in January, 1863, Lieutenant-Colonel

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of the 14th Kentucky. After an active and honorable career heresigned in August, 1864, on account of physical disability.

He had already been employed in the office of the State Audi-tor of Kentucky, and now resumed this service. In 1865-6 hewas a clerk of one of the committees of the U. S Senate Hethen engaged in farming in his native county, and m 1869-70held a position in the Internal Revenue service for Kentucky.His later years were spent partly m Frankfort, and partly onhis farm near the city. He died in Frankfort on July 17, 1891,in his 53d year.

He married m Frankfort, on January 4, 1867, Bettie, daughterof Judge Lysander Hord, and had two daughters and three sons.

HENRY HOLMES TURNER, son of the Rev. Asa Turner (Y. C.1827) and Martha (Bull) Turner, was born in Qumey, 111., onOctober 31, 1831 ; when he was seven years old, his father re-moved to Denmark, Iowa He entered Yale as a Sophomore inSeptember, 1854, but four months later joined the next class.

For four years after graduation he taught in Iowa and Illinois,and then crossed the plains to the Pacific coast. For two yearshe remained in Nevada, engaged partly in mining and partly innewspaper work He then went to California, where the rest ofhis life was spent He died in California in February, 1893, inhis 62d year

1859

ZIBA NICHOLS BRADBURY was born on March 24, 1830, inSparta, N J.

He spent the three years after graduation in the Union Theo-logical Seminary, New York City, and m May, 1862, enteied onhis first pastorate with the Presbyterian Church in Howard,Steuben County, N Y., where he was ordained on January 13,1863. In 1866 he was called to the Presbyterian Church in Pul-teney, in the same county, where he ministered until 1872, whenhe returned to the church in Howard for a second pastorate offour years. In Septembei, 1876, he was recalled to Pulteney,where he labored faithfully until 1889, when he went to Almond,just across the line in the adjoining (Allegany) county. Twoyears later he was called for the third time to Howard, and thusfinished his labors where they were begun This unusual expe-rience showed how strong were the ties between a faithful pastor

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and an attached people. After a short period of feebleness, hedied in Howard on April 7, 1893, in his 64th year.

He married on June 29, 1861, Miss B. H. McDonald, of NewYork City, who survives him with three sons and two daughters.

1862HARBISON MALTZBERGER was born in Reading, Pa., on April

4, 1842.In 1862 he served in the Pennsylvania militia, as 1st Lieutenant

in the 11th Regiment, and in 1863 as 1st Lieutenant in the 42dRegiment. Meantime he was studying law in the Harvard LawSchool, where he was graduated in July, 1864; and after that heraised a company in Reading, and was commissioned as Captainin the 195th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. On the expir-ation of his term of service he returned to Reading, where hewas admitted to the bar in August, 1865, and practiced with suc-cess until his last illness. He was a member of the Common Coun-cil of the city for seven consecutive years, and for sixteen yearsa member of the School Board He also held the office of Regis-ter m Bankruptcy from May, 1867, until the repeal of the bank-ruptcy law. He took a deep interest in politics, and was aRepublican candidate for Congress in 1878, in a County whichwas overwhelmingly Democratic. He was also, three or fouryears before his death, the Independent Republican nominee fora judgeship of the Common Pleas. His career was conspicuousin the community, in which he was very widely beloved, for in-tegrity and fidelity.

During the last six years of his life his health failed graduallyEarly in December, 1892, disease attacked his lungs, and after ahard struggle, met with patience and hopefulness, he died at hishome on January 28, 1893, in his 51st year.

He married, on July 3, 1877, Annie L. Trexler, of BerksCounty, Pa , who survives him with one son and one daughter ;a younger son having died in infancy.

ISRAEL MINOR, Jr., was born in New York City on November11, 1840

He studied law in Columbia College Law School, graduatingin 1864, and in 1865 he established himself m his profession inNew York City. His practice was extensive and lucrative,chiefly in the Surrogate's Court, and he was highly esteemed

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both as a lawyer and as a citizen. His residence was in Stam-ford Conn., until 1871, then in New York City, and after 1876in Brooklyn, N. Y.

About three years since he met with a severe accident whilesailing, and after that his health gradually failed, to which resultthe severe mental strain consequent on the death of his only soncontributed seriously. Early in June, 1893, he went to the resi-dence of his brother, Dr J C. Minor, in Saratoga Springs, N. Y.,where he died on the 13th instant, in his 53d year. He marriedon June 16, 1870, Sophie A., daughter of James Willcox, ofStamford, Conn , who survives him with their two daughters.

1863

WILLIAM HALLIDAT WHITIN, son of Charles P. and Sarah J.(Halhday) Whitin, was born m the village of Whitmsville, mthe township of Northbridge, Worcester County, Mass., on Sep-tembei 5, 1841.

For a yeai aftei graduation he was occupied in travel and ingeneral reading at home. He then became a member of hisfather's firm m the business of manufacturing cotton goods inWhitmsville, and was engaged in the same business and m alliedinterests until his death, which occurred in that village fromBnght's disease, after an illness of three months, on June 4,1893, m hib 52d year. He was unmarried. He had been aprominent force for good m his native place, where he had beenfor over twenty years a deacon in the Congregational Churchand the supenntendent of the Sunday School.

1864

GEORGE WHITEFIELB BENJAMIN, son of Deacon Everard andEsther B Benjamin, was born m New Haven, Conn , on Febru-ary 18, 1843

He spent a few months after graduation in teaching in Ben-mngton, Yt , and was then at home for two years without fixedemployment. In February, 1867, he entered the Yale MedicalSchool where he was graduated two years later He then wentto New York City, and becoming interested in city-mission workreturned to New Haven in 1871 and spent three years in theYale Divinity School He then went abroad and during twosummei s supplied an American chapel in Lucerne, Switzerland.He recened deacon's orders m the Episcopal Church from

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Bishop Littlejohn in Rome in April, 1876, but soon after, symp-toms of insanity manifested themselves. He returned to Americain June, 1877, and undertook clerical work again, but soon wan-dered back to Europe and was for a time in an asylum in Paris.He was finally taken to the State Hospital in Middle town, Conn.,where he died of apoplexy, after thirteen years' residence, onJune 5, 1893, m his 51st year. He was never married.

1866

WILLIAM SATTEELEE PACKER was born in Brooklyn, N. Y ,November 19, 1845, and died of Bright's disease at his home inthat city on April 23, 1893, in his 48th year.

He was the only son of William S. and Harriet L. Packer.His father, who was an influential citizen of Brooklyn, died in1850, and his mother, well known as the Founder of the PackerCollegiate Institute, died m January, 1892.

After graduation he spent about three years in Europe forstudy and travel. On his return he entered the Columbia LawSchool and on taking his degree was admitted to the New YorkBar m 1871. He retired from the active practice of his profes-sion a few years later, in order to attend to important financialaffairs. He was largely interested and influential as a directorin the Putnam Nail Company at Neponset, Mass. For the lastfifteen years he was a trustee of the Packer Collegiate Institute.

His love of nature led him to pass his summers on his farmnear Stamford, Conn., devoting much time to agricultural pur-suits. An Independent in politics, he was deeply interested innational and municipal reform. He was a man of fine cultureand literary taste and an earnest student of modern history.Though quiet and unostentatious in his life, his character exerteda wide influence because of his high principle, his courtesy to all,and his sympathetic love for his friends

On June 17, 1875, he married Miss Mary K. Jones, of Balti-more, Md. His wife and their three children, two sons and adaughter, survive him.

1869

SYLVESTER FORISTALL BTXCKLIN, the only son of Sylvester F.Bucklm, was born in Marlboro, Mass., on March 29, 1847.

For a short time after graduation he was employed in thewholesale department of A. T Stewart & Co., in New York

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City, and then spent three years (to March, 1874), in farming inLaclede, Mo. He then settled on a farm in Norfolk, near Rock-ville, Mass., and on September 30, 1874, he married, in Andover,Mass., Sarah J., eldest daughtei of the Rev. Dr. Luther Sheldon(Middlebury Coll. 1808). On this farm he spent the rest of hislife, esteemed by the neighboring community for his uprightexample and public spirit. He died there on March 11,1893, atthe age of 46. His wife survives him without children.

GEORGE TORRENCE HARRISON, the only son of William andMary (Torrence) Harrison, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, onOctober 22, 1847.

After graduation he spent sixteen months in Europe for traveland the study of languages He then studied law at home inthe office of the late Justice Matthews and in the Cincinnati LawSchool, and was engaged in practice with success until his death.He was from 1879 until about 1890 in partnership with the Hon.Bellamy Storer Besides his professional business he was muchentrusted with the care of large estates, and won in all these rela-tions the highest esteem of the community. He died in Cincin-nati, after about four weeks' illness, from malarial fever whichfinally attacked the bram, on August 14, 1892, m his 45th year.

He married on June 6, 1876, Miss Sallie E. Perin, of Cincin-nati, who survives him with their children, a daughter and a son.

1876

CHARLES DEFOREST HAWLEY, elder son of Frederick S. andElizabeth (DeForest) Hawley, was born in San Francisco, Cal.,on August 7, 1855.

After graduation he studied at the School of Mines in Frei-berg, Germany, for three years, and afterwards devoted himselfto his pi of ession as a mining engineer and assayer. He was thusemployed in Colorado, and in China, and elsewhere, and died inSan Luis Potosi, Mexico, on January 22, 1893, in his 38th year.

1879

OTIS CLAY HADLET, son of Nicholas T. and Mary J. Hadley,was born in Danville, Ind., on October 25, 1856. He enteredYale at the end of the Freshman year from Wabash College,Indiana.

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After graduation he studied law in Indianapolis, but never fol-lowed the profession. In June, 1880, while temporarily employedin the banking-house of which his father was the head, hebecame so much interested in the business that he accepted anoffer to remain there, and continued as cashier of the bank until1885. In 1886 he settled in Kansas City, Mo., where he wasconnected with various transfer companies until his death. Hewas at the time of his death ^ice-president and treasurer of theKansas City Omnibus and Carriage Company, president of theAtlas Carriage Works, and vice-president of the Springfield,Yellville and White River Railroad, in Northern Arkansas. Hewas very highly esteemed in all his business and social relations.

He died at his home in Kansas City on November 16, 1892,after six days' illness from typhoid fever, in his 37th year

He married, on September 29, 1886, Mary T. Harvey, of Dan-ville, who survives him. He left no children.

1882

JOSEPH ERNEST WHITNEY, son of Joseph L Whitney, wasborn in Cornwall, Conn., on the 27th of February, 1858.

After graduation he had charge of a small private school forboys in Elmira, N Y , until January, 1884, when he went to theAlbany Academy as instructor in English and Rhetoric. He wascalled thence in the summer of 1884 to Yale College as Instructorin English, and remained here until December, 1888, when hewent to Colorado on account of his health, which had begun tofail the previous year. He lived m Colorado Springs in increas-ing feebleness for over f oui years, and died there from hemorrhageof the lungs, on February 25, 1893, at the age of 35 His liter-ary tastes were prominent in undergraduate days, and in spite ofyears of weakness he was able to do much woik of a high orderin poetry and criticism; while by his courage and sweetness ofspirit he won the deepest regard

He married, November 15, 1883, Miss Sadie P. Turner, of NewHaven, who survives him with their only child, a daughter.

1886

FRANK GEORGE PETERS, son of Nicholas Peters, was born inSyracuse, N. Y., on August 18, 1863.

After graduation he spent one year in the Yale Law School.Later he went to St. Paul, Mmn , where he was for a short timea student in the office of Lusk & Bunn, which he left in Decem-

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ber, 1888, to form a law-partnership with Wilbur F. Booth (YaleColl 1884) in the same city. About two years later he removedto West Superior, Wisconsin, where he had a promising futureopen before him, at the time of his death, from typhoid fever, onMay 13, 1893, m his 30th year. He was unmarried.

1887

J O H ^ BEN^ETTO, son of John Mid Elizabeth A, Bennetto, wasborn in Pool, Cornwall, England, on January 22, 1862. Aftertheir removal to this country the family settled in Bridgeport,Conn., where the father died in the early childhood of this son,who subsequently learned the printer's trade. By unusual effort,while pursuing his daily labor, he prepared himself for College,and through his College course, although obliged to earn his way,he attained high honors in scholarship and literature, and held thewarmest regard and esteem of the whole class.

He spent the year 1887-8 in graduate study in New Haven (ona fellowship), and then entered the Law School, where he wasgraduated with distinction in 1890. He then went to New YorkCity, to accept a position in the law-office of Simpson, Thacher &Barnum In the summer of 1891 he was promoted to be theirmanaging clerk, and m November he was admitted to the bar.His promising career was interrupted by an attack of appendi-citis, which caused his death, in New York City, on October 10,1892, in his 31st year, after an illness of two days. He was un-married.

ELMER FOX BERKELE, only surviving son of Louis H andJulia A. Berkele, was born in New Haven, Conn., Febr. 26, 1866.

In the fall of 1887 he entered the College of Physicians andSurgeons in New York City, where he was graduated with thedegree of M.D. in June, 1890. He then received in a competitiveexamination an appointment on the medical staff of BellevueHospital, extending from the fall of 1890 to April, J892. By hisdevotion to his work there he was deservedly promoted to thehead of the staff. In the winter of 1891-2 his health brokedown from consumption, and although after a long and seriousillness he recovered sufficiently to finish his term at the Hospital,he was then ordered by his physicians to Colorado, He neverregained his strength, and after a serious illness of only threedays died at Canon City, Colorado, on August 20, 1892, in his27th year. He was unmarried.

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1891

JOHN JOFGHIN, COX was born m Bedford, 1ST Y., on Septem-ber 28, 1869, and died in Cambridge, Mass., on December 17,1892, in his 24th year He was prepared for College at PhillipsAcademy, Andover, Mass., and entered with a brilliant reputa-tion for classical scholarship which he sustained while here.

After graduation he entered the Law School of Harvaid Uni-versity, and was in the second year of his course there when anattack of spinal meningitis caused his death, after only four days'illness.

Louis CAZENOVE DUPONT, son of Irene duPont, one of thewell-known firm of powder-manufacturers of Wilmington, Dela-ware, was born in that city on January 27, 1868. His fathei diedbefore he entered College, which was in September, 1885. Heremained with the Class of 1889 until the middle of Sophomoreyear, and was also for a time in the Class of 1890

His death occurred in Wilmington, on December 2, 1892, in his25th year

1892BENJAMIN LEWIS CBOSBY, Jr., son of David J Crosby, was

born in Halcott Centre, Greene County, N. Y , on March 22, 1868.In the fall after graduation he entered a law-office in New York

City, but in October was induced to go to Annapolis as coach forthe football team of the Naval Academy. While there he con-tracted a severe cold, and after his return to New York and re-sumption of work, in which was now included attendance at theN"ew York Law School, he succumbed to an attack of typhoidfever. He was taken to St. Luke's Hospital, where he died afterabout ten days' illness of great suffering, on December 29, 1892,in his 25th year.

DANIEL LORD, 3d, only son of Daniel Lord, Jr. (ColumbiaCollege 1866), and Silvie (Bolton) Lord, was born in Brooklyn,N". Y., on March 7, 1871.

On leaving college he began the study of law in the New YorkLaw School, in connection with work m the office of his father'sfirm (Lord, Day & Lord), in New York City. On June 15, 1893,he left home with his family for a visit to Chicago, and he diedthere on Tuesday morning, June 20, from the effects of injuriesreceived by falling from a fourth-story window during the pre-ceding night, while (as is supposed) he was walking in his sleep.

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HARLAN HENKY TAINTOB, the only child of Judge Henry E.Taintor (Y. C. 1865) and Jennie G (Bennett) Taintor, was bornin Hartford, Conn , on September 19, 1870, and was prepared forCollege at the Hartford Public High School.

On graduation he began the study of law in his father's office,but was attacked with pneumonia and died at his home in Hart-ford after a short illness on April 17, 1893, in his 23d year.

YALE xMEDICAL SCHOOL.

1826

WILLIAM WOODRUFF, the third and youngest son of Dr. Gid-eon Woodruff (Y. C 1785) and Sarah (Heaton) Woodruff, wasborn in New Haven, Conn , on July 17, 1804. His parents soonreturned to Plymouth, Conn., where they had previously resided.

After graduation he began his professional life in Waterbury,Conn., but soon removed, in response to urgent invitation, toPlymouth Hollow, now Thomaston, Conn., where for many yearshe controled a large practice. In 1838 he marned Martha, eldestdaughter of Seth Thomas, the noted manufacturer from whomThomaston received its name. About 1870 he relinquished hispractice for the most part, and for some years devoted himself tothe attempt to restore by travel the health of an invalid daughter.He died at his home in Thomaston, of old age, on June 10, 1893,m his 89th year. Of his four children only one son survives him.

Dr Woodruff, besides being an able physician, was a gentle-man of remarkably dignified and courteous bearing, and of de-cidedly scholarly tastes in other than professional lmes. He hadbeen since August, 1890, the oldest living graduate of the Medi-cal School.

1831

GEORGE CHANDLER, the eighth child of Major John Wilkesand Mary (Stedman) Chandler, was born in Pomfret, Conn., onApril 28, 1806 His father died in his infancy, and he hadalready taught school before entering the Freshman Class ofBrown University in the spring of 182G. At the end of hisSophomore year, in consequence of the disturbed state of that

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institution he offered himself for admission to Union College,where he was graduated in 1829. He then read for his profes-sion with his brother-in-law, Dr. Hiram Holt, in Pomfret, and at-tended one course of lectures in Boston befoie coming to NewHaven.

In November, 1831, he opened an office in Worcester, Mass.From March, 1833, to May, 1842, he served as Assistant Physi-cian in the State Lunatic Hospital in Worcester, and then spentover three years in charge of the Asylum for the Insane in Con-cord, N. H. In July, 1846, he succeeded Dr. S B. Woodward asSuperintendent of the Worcester Hospital, and his administrationof ten years was marked by great success. In July, 1856, he re-tired from active service, making Worcester his home for therest of his life. In 1859 he was a member of the State House ofRepresentatives, and in 1862 an alderman of the city. He printedin 1872 an extensive Genealogy of the Chandler Family, and afterthe entire edition (excepting about forty copies) had been de-stroyed by fire, he went on with unwearied patience to prepareanother edition, which appeared in 1883 (pp. vih, 1315).

Dr. Chandler died m Worcester, of diseases incident to oldage, on May 17, 1893, m his 88th year.

He married, on May 4, 1842, in Salem, Mass., Josephine, daugh-ter of Joseph W. Rose, who died on May 4, 1866. He next mar-ried, on April 8, 1874, Mary E., daughter of Stephen Douglas, ofGreenwich, Mass, and widow of Charles A. Wheeler, of Worces-ter. She survives him, with two daughters by his first marriage.

1833

JOHN HOLMES SIMMONS, son of Alva and Tryphena (Burnham)Simmons, was born in Ashford, Windham County, Conn., onNovember 21, 1811.

On graduation he settled at Pomfret Factory, now Putnam,in his native county, but after a year he returned to Ashford,where he had a large practice for the rest of his life. He alsotook an active interest in public affairs. He was for two yearspostmaster, and he represented the town in the Legislature in1855. In 1861 and 1864 he was a member of the State Senate,and in the latter year he was an ex-officio Fellow of the Corpora-tion of Yale College.

He died in Ashford, from an attack of the prevailing influenza,on November 12, 1891, at the age of 80.

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He married, on May 23, 1839, Mary Smart, of Salem, N. J.,who died on February 27,1876 ; of their four children three sons,all of whom served in the late war, are still living. Dr. Simmonsnext married, on November 19, 1877, Mrs. Emeline E. Moulton,who survives him.

1839

WILLIAM WICKHAM WELCH, son of Benjamin Welch, M.D.(honorary Y. C. 1838), and Elizabeth (Loveland) Welch, wasborn in Norfolk, Conn., on December 10, 1818, and died of apo-plexy in the same house in which he was born on July 30, 1892,in his 74th year. Four other sons of the same family were alsophysicians of distinction.

His father began the practice of medicine in the same town be-fore 1790, and this son continued there (except when interruptedby his public duties) with the ever-increasing confidence andesteem- of the community until his death.

In 1848, 1850, and 1881 he was a representative of the town inthe State Legislature, and in 1851 and 1852 he was a member ofthe State Senate. He was also a Representative m the 34th XL S.Congress (1855-57).

He married in 1845 Miss Emeline Collin, of Hillsdale, N. Y.,by whom he had one son (Y. C. 1870), already distinguished inhis father's profession, and one daughter, who also survives him.His wife died in 1850, and he next married in 1869 Miss EmilySedgwick, daughter of Benjamin Sedgwick, of Cornwall, Conn.,who is still living.

1842

WILLIAM MAEK CURTIS died in Burlington, Vt., on December 3,1890, aged 73 years and three months. He was a native of New-town, Conn.

He did not long follow the profession of medicine, preferringthe practice of dentistry, which he began in Bridgeport, Conn.,in 1847, and continued for 25 years. In 1880 he removed to Ver-gennes, Vt., where he resided for eight years, much esteemed forhis upright character, and whence he went to Burlington in 1888.

He was in feeble health for several years before his death. Hiswife survives him. He had no children.

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1843

LINUS PIERPONT BROCKETT was born in Canton, Conn., onOctober 16, 1820, the son of the Rev. Pierpont Brockett, a Bap-tist minister. He was a member of Brown University in the classof 1841, but left in Sophomore year on account of delicate health.He studied medicine in Washington, D. C, and in the College ofPhysicians and Surgeons in New York, as well as here. His resi-dence at the time of graduation was in Lyme, Conn.

He soon abandoned the practice of his profession, and from1847 to 1857 he was engaged in the publishing business in Hart-ford, Conn. In 1857 he received the honorary degree of Masterof Arts from Amherst College. His later life was spent m Brook-lyn, N. Y , and was filled with literary work. During these yearshe published some fifty volumes, on a wide range of subjects. Hedied in Brooklyn, on January 13, 1893, in his 73d year.

1854

HENRY PIERPONT, son of James Morris and Sila (Harrison)Pierpont, was born in Morris, then a part of Litchfield, Conn , onApril 30, 1831. He was a lmeal descendant in the fifth genera-tion from the Rev. James Pierpont, pastor of the First Churchof New Haven and a principal founder of Yale College ; the Rev.John Pierpont (Y. C, 1804) was his uncle.

He began the practice of his profession in Naugatuck, Conn.,but was interrupted by the failure of his health in 1858. Subse-quently he went to Europe, and on his return in 1862 he settledin New Haven, where he had a large practice and was greatly re-spected. In the summer of 1892 he continued at his post while farfrom well, until finally obliged to give up, early in August. Hedied, at his cottage at Savin Rock (in the township of Orange),on August 26, in his 62d year.

He married, in 1871, Helen V , youngest daughter of WyllysWarner (Y. C. 1826), the former Treasurer and Secretary of YaleCollege. She survives him with their children, two daughtersand one son.

JOSEPH HENRY WAKEMAN, the only son of Silas Wakeman,,was born in Greenfield, Conn., November 4th, 1829.

In 1851 he began studying medicine with his uncle, Dr. NathanW. Wheeler, of Patterson, Putnam* County, N. Y , and the f ol-

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lowing year entered the Yale Medical School. After practicingmedicine in Patterson and Brewsters, N. Y., for four years, hewent to Redding, Conn., where he remained until the time of hisdeath, his practice being very large, extending over most of theadjoining towns. He died early in January, 1892, from apoplexy,which had first disabled him in 1886. A large number of friendsmourn the loss of a faithful physician, a true friend, and a helpand adviser in times of sickness and trouble.

He married, on May 31, 1864, Harriet W. Collins, of Redding,who survives him, with their two daughters, the elder being thewife of Dr. Ernest H. Smith, now practising in Redding ; an onlyson died in infancy

1857

JOHN WITTEE, son of Asa Witter, M D. (honorary Yale 1840),of East Woodstock, Conn , was born there on December 30,1830.After finishing a common-school education he went on a voyageto China, and on his return read medicine with his father.

After his graduation he remained in New Haven for abouttwo years, and m August, 1859, he settled in Bnmfield, Mass.,where he remained, much respected for his medical and surgicalability, until 1867, when he removed to Putnam, Conn, wherehe continued, with the high esteem of the profession and of hispatients until his death, on May 19, 1891, in his 61st year.

He married in 1859 Miss Mary E., daughter of William Paine,of East Woodstock, Conn.

1853

TIMOTHY BEERS TOWNSEND, seventh son of William K. andEliza A. (Mulford) Townsend, was born in New Haven onNovember 21, 1835.

After his graduation he went abroad and continued his medi-cal studies in Dublin, Edinburgh, and Pans. He settled in hisnative city, and acquired a brilliant reputation as a surgeon; buthe was obliged to relinquish his large practice about 1880 by thefailure of his health He spent much of the time in the lateryears of his life at the residence of his brothers m East Haven.In February, 1893, he went to New York City for treatment forBlight's disease, and died there, at the Buckingham Hotel, onthe last day of March, in his 58th yearu He was not married.

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1861

GEOBGE WHITEFIELD AVERT, son of David and Rebecca (Mor-gan) Avery, was born in Hampton, Conn., Sept. 27, 1836.

After graduation he served as house-physimian in the NewHaven Hospital, and at the outbreak of the war was appointedAssistant Surgeon of the 9th Conn. Volunteers, being at firstoidered to the hospital at Ship Island, and then to New Orleansunder General Butler, where he was in charge of the St. JamesHospital and later of the Marine Hospital. From 1864 to 1S66he was Surgeon of the N. O. Volunteers, and after reconstructionwas for a year sheriff of New Orleans. He remained there afterthe close of the war, and during the siege of cholera and ofyellow fever was for weeks busy night and day. In November,1871, he removed to Haitford, Conn., where he continued inmedical practice until a few days before his death. He wasphysician at the American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb andwon the affection of the pupils in a marked degree He was foiseveral years a member of the Board of Pension Examiners

He died suddenly on Feb. 23, 1893, m his 57th year, from asevere attack of pneumonia.

He had great physical strength, quick powers of observation,enthusiasm, fertility of resource, resolution and tenacity, and hiswarm sympathies endeared him to all who knew him well. Asidefrom his profession, his family, and his fiiends, his chief delightwas in books He read, in every spare moment, with eagerinterest. He lived much also in memories of the war. Eachbattle stood out clearly in, his mind. He had a deeply religiousnature, and God and the future life were familiar subjects ofhis thought.

He married on May 23, 1872, Lydia L , daughter of Rev TL. Shipman (Y. C. 1818), of Jewett City, Conn. He was againmarried on Sept. 10, 1884, to Elizabeth P , daughter of Rev. J.R Keep (Y. C. 1834), of Hartford, Conn., who, with his fourdaughters (one by the first marriage) survives him.

1866

FRANCIS JAMES YOXTNG was born in Cornwall, Conn , m Feb-ruary, 1843. He enlisted in the 2d Regiment Conn HeavyArtillery in the summer of 1862, from Lakeville, in the townshipof Salisbury, Conn., and served thiough the war.

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After his graduation he settled in Riverton, Conn., and in1868 removed to Bridgeport, Conn, where he built up a largepractice He died very suddenly from organic heart disease,while attending a medical-society banquet in Danbury, on Jan.5, 1893, aged about 50 years. At the time of his death he wasPresident of the County Medical Association.

His widow, Mrs. Mary R. Young, is also a practicing physi-cian, and his son is a student m the Yale Medical School.

1871

FREDERIC POKTER BLODGETT, son of A Rollin and Laura(Chapin) Blodgett, was born in Broad Brook, East Windsor,Conn, Jan. 6th, 1847.

After graduation he began the practice of medicine in Ansonia,Conn., where, with the exception of two years, he continued inactive practice up to the time of his death. He was very success-ful in his chosen work, and built up a large practice.

He was taken suddenly ill in New Haven, and died there,April 22, 1893, after an illness of three days, of Bright's disease.

In May, 1872, he was married to Martha J., daughter of Capt.O. A. Bill of New Haven, who survives him without children.

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1874

HUGH DAILEY, son of Michael Dailey, was born in New Havenon June 14, 1837. Soon after his father removed to a farm inBethany, in the same county. In his teens he learned the tradeof a carriage-body-maker in New Haven, and he was for most ofthe time in the carriage-making business in this city until 1864.He was similarly engaged m Boston and in Springfield, Mass.,until1868 or 9, when he obtained a position in the U. S. railway pos-tal service.

A few months after his graduation he resigned his position inthe postal service, and thenceforward devoted himself energetic-ally to the practice of his profession in New Haven. He earlybecame active and efficient in public affairs, and served for oneor two years as councilman, and for six years as alderman. In1883 he was appointed assistant city attorney, and four years laterbecame city attorney, and so continued until his death. From

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1885 to 1889 he was chairman of the Republican town commit-tee, and he was prominent in the Republican councils of the State.

His death, in New Haven, on August 16,1892, at the age of 55,was caused by lockjaw, resulting from the shock to the systemproduced by a fall from a hammock nine days before. He wasnever married. Since his death his sisters have presented hisvaluable law library to the Yale Law School.

1882

SHERMAN HARTWELL HUBBARD, the only son of Robert Hub-bard, M.D. (Yale 1851), and Cornelia B. (Hartwell) Hubbard,died in Bridgeport, Conn , on December 9, 1892, aged 32 years.

He settled in Bridgeport, making a specialty of patent law, inwhich he became speedily recognized as an expert, and achievedremarkable success. From boyhood he was an ardent sportsman.At the end of November, 1892, he went to North Carolina on ahunting trip, and was there attacked, on Friday, December 2, withillness and immediately returned home, arriving on Monday. Thedisease proved to be pleuro-pneumonia, which ended his life onthe following Friday.

He married in 1883 a daughter of Judge John T. Ludehng, ofLouisiana, who survives him with one son.

1890

WILLIAM ANDREW ANDREW died at his home in Cheshire,Conn., from typhoid fever, on September 12, 1892, aged 25 yearsHe was then in successful practice in Waterbury, Conn.

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1861

JOSHUA SANDS, eldest son of Rear-Admiral Joshua R Sands,U. S. N., died in Los Angeles, Cal., where he had long resided, onDec. 33,1892, at the age of 50. He left a widow, but no children.

° 1873

MOSES BULKLEY, second son of Edwin and Helen Perry Bulk-ley, and a lineal descendant of the Rev. Peter Bulkeley who camefrom England in 1635, and settled in Concord, Mass., was bornin Southport, Conn., m April, 1852.

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On graduation he went to Turner's Falls, Mass., to learn theart of paper-making, and two years later he entered the firm ofBulkley, Dunton & Co., in New York City, which had been estab-lished many years before by his father, and had gained an erivia-ble reputation as one of the most extensive and successful housesin the wholesale paper-trade. The business prospered under hismanagement, and he was also a member of the Chamber of Com-merce and a directoi in a large number of paper mills. He wasa trustee of the Church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn, where he re-sided, and a director of the National Bank in Southport, Conn.,where he had his summer home. He was a man of retiring dis-position, of steilmg integrity, and of marked financial ability.

He died at his home in Brooklyn, on November 30, 1892, afteran illness of three weeks from typhoid fever, in the 41st year ofhis age. He was never married

WILLIAM JOSIAH PAEKS, son of William M. Parks, was bornin Biooklyn, N. Y., on January 21, 1852, and died in New YorkCity on January 26, 1892, at the age of 40.

On graduation he went abroad for European travel, and on hisreturn settled in California, where he was engaged for severalyears in the development of a mine. A severe accident which hemet with in going one night into the mine necessitated finally hisreturn home for proper medical attention. On his recovery hebecame connected with his father in business as a broker in Wallstreet. In J889 his father retiied, and after that date Mr Parkshad no regular employment. He died of the grip, after a fewdays' illness He was never married

1877

EDWIN YOUNG, son of C F Young, was born in Honesdale,Pa , on January 25, 1856, and died in Albany, N. Y., on April 21,1893, aged 37 years, from injuries received by being thrown fromhis horse two days before.

After graduation here he studied law at the Law School ofColumbia College, in New York City. He received the degreeof LL.B. in 1879, and then pursued additional studies in the Uni-versity of Berlin In 1881 he became the attorney of the Dela-ware & Hudson Canal Company, and continued to hold thisposition until his death. He was also at the time of his death

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President of the Ulster & Delaware Railroad Company, and ofthe First National Bank of Rondout, N. Y.

He married a daughter of Joseph Cornell, of New York, whosurvives him with two children.

1879

EMERSON YOUNG FOOTE, son of Edward Y. Foote, was born inBrooklyn, N. Y., on September 6, 1856. His family lemovedsoon after to New Haven.

After graduation he took the regular course in the Yale LawSchool, receiving his degree and being admitted to the bar in1881. In 1882 he removed to Augusta, Ga, wheie he lived forabout two years. He then married Miss Marguerite Scott, ofBrooklyn, N. Y.? and in 1887 lemoved to Chicago, 111., wheie hewas engaged in real-estate business, until his very sudden death,from apoplexy, on June 24, 1892, in his 36th year. His wife andtwo children survive him.

1882

WILLIAM AKSON CHAMBERLIN died in New Haven, Conn., onApril 15, 1893, aged 30 years. He was born in West Wmsted,Conn., on November 13, 1862, and his widowed mother removedto New Haven when her son entered the Scientific School

He was employed in New Haven after his graduation until hisdeath,—at first in the Franklin stove store, and for the last twoor three years of his life as book-keeper in B Shoninger & Com-pany's music store. He had been interested in politics, and in1889 was a member of the Common Council of the city

His mother died on Wednesday, Apiil 12, 1893, after a briefillness, and he succumbed the same day to an attack of influenza ;pneumonia developed rapidly, and he died on the followingSaturday. He was not married

1886

GEORGE POLLOK DEVEREUX TOWNSEND was born in Albany,N. Y., on September 25, 1864. He was the son of the Rev.John Townsend (Union Coll. 1852) and Georgina (Devereux)Townsend, and bore the names of his maternal giandfather,a graduate of Yale Colleger m 1815. Before his admission toYale his father had removed to Middletown, Conn.

He took the undergraduate course in Civil Engineering, andsoon after graduation went to Colorado Springs, Coloiado, to

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pursue his profession At first he was employed on the ColoradoMidland Railway. Later he entered into partnership with theCounty and City Engineer, and in this connection he wasengaged in adjusting boundary lines, as the land in that vicinitywas opened up, in laying out territory for mining claims, andespecially in providing for the introduction of water into thetowns for domestic supplies or for irrigation He was employedas consulting-engineer for determining the stability of the im-mense dam of the Denver Water Storage Company and itsappurtenances. He compiled and drew a map of the boundarylines and topography of the county in which Colorado Springsis situated, which has become a record of official authority.

He was an enthusiastic alumnus, and delighted in efforts tomaintain a feeling of loyalty to his Alma Mater, and to furtherher interests in his neighborhood. He served as a vestryman inthe parish of the Episcopal Church in Colorado Springs.

After a short period of failing health he was induced by hisphysician to go for the sake of a change of climate to FortWorth, Texas, where he died on March 2], 1893.

1887

ELMER ELLSWOETH BENNETT, son of John H. Bennett, wasborn in Moosup, in the township of Plainfield, Conn., on October26, 1861, and died there m February, 1892, in his 31st year.

1890

GEORGE JARVIS SPENCER, son of Daniel C. and Emily (Stokes)Spencer, was born in New York City on May 2, 1866. Hisfamily removed subsequently to Saybrook, Conn.

After graduation he followed the profession of an electricalengineer for some months in Kearney and Omaha, Nebraska.He was attacked in the latter city with la grippe and rheuma-tism, and never lecovered fully from the disease. In May, 1891,he returned to his home in Saybrook, and in 1892 entered theemploy of the Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company, of Stam-ford, Conn. His last labor was in connection with the cranedesigned by that company for the Columbian Exhibition atChicago, and after an illness of ten days, he died from pneu-monia in Saybrook on November 10, 1892, in his 27th year.

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ACADEMICAL DEPARTMENT

Class1820182218271829182918291830183118311831183218331833183518351836183618371837183718381838183918401840184218421842184218421843184318431844

(YALE COLLEGE)

Name and AgeEdward McCrady, 90Thomas E Vermilye, 90Maltby Gelston, 87John B Robertson, 83Charles D Robmson, 82Daniel Ullmann, 82Enoch Mead, 83William I Kip, 81Chester Newell, 89William H Stokes, 81William W. Backus, 84Charles S. Mills, 79Leonidas Willson, 80Daniel Butler, 84Oran R Howard, 82John W. Black, 76John C Hurd, 75Aaron L. Chapm, 75George W Cooke, 81Alfred E Ives, 82Charles F McCauley, 76Israel P Warren, 78Frederick T. Perkins, 81John Devereux, 73Henry M Goodwin, 72Theodore P. Barber, 71Joseph V. Brown, 76Joseph Chandler, 73Henry S McCall, 74Glen Wood, 74Hallam Eldndge, 71Charles Jones, 72Sanford B Kellogg, 71Henry W. Buel, 72

Place andCharleston, S CNew York CityAnn Arbor, Mich.New Haven, Conn.Blue Island, 111.Nyack, N. Y.Rockmgham, IowaSan Francisco, CalSavannah, GaBaltimore, Md «Guthrie, OklahomaRichmond, VaClarksburg, MdWaverly, MassBath, N Y.Jobstown, N JBoston, MassBeloit, WiseWaterbury, ConnCastme, MeReading, PaPortland, Me.Burlington, VtRaleigh, N CWilhamstown, MassCambridge, Md.Conneaut, OSt Paul, MinnAlbany, N YLake Forest, 111Bmghamton, N. Y.Wilton, ConnSt. Louis, MoLitchfield, Conn

Date of DeathNov 16, '92

March 17, '93Febr 19, '93July 14, '92May 23, '93

Sept 30, '93Dec 6, '92Apr 7, '93

June 24, '92May 7, '93

Sept 2, '91Jan. 10, '92Dec 23, '92Febr 4, '93

March 2, '93July 38, '93June 25, '92July 22, '92Aug 39, '92Aug 2, '92

June 19, '92Oct 9, '92May 2, 93

Apr 10, '93March 3, '93

Jan 1, '93Jan 22, '93July 27, '92

March 19, '93Jan 25, '93

Febr 20, '93Sept. 2, '92Apr 14, '93Jan 30, '93

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Class Name and Age1844 Nathan C Chapm, 691844 Charles Little, 741844 Joshua W. Waterman, 671845 Henry Day, 721845 James J Dean, 681846 Ehsha B Shapleigh, 691846 John Spauldmg, 751847 Frederick W Cogswell, 691848 Richard S Mesick, 691848 Benjamin H Eutledge, 641849 Levi B Bradley, 661849 Eufns A Henson, 641851 Henry DeW Beman, 611852 Albert Bigelow, 641852 David B Green, 611852 Oliver N Payne, 651853 Eandall L Gibson, 601853 James M Gillespie, 601853 Augustine Hart, 621853 Edward W Seymour, 601854 James W Husted, 591856 William H W Campbell, 591856 J Hunter Worrall, 651858 Orlando Brown, 521858 Henry H Turner, 611859 Ziba N Bradbury, 631862 Harrison Maltzberger, 501862 Israel Minor, Jr., 521863 William H Whitm, 511864 George W Benjamin, 501866 WilhamS Packer, 471869 Sylvester F Bucklm, 461869 George T Harrison, 441876 Charles DeF Hawley, 371879 Otis C Hadley, 361882 J Ernest Whitney, 351886 Frank G Peteis, 291887 John Bennetto, 301887 Elmer F Berkele, 261891 John J Cox, 231891 Louis C duPont, 251892 Benjamin L Crosby, Jr , 241892 Daniel Lord, 3d, 221892 Hailan H Tamtor, 22

Place andMinneapolis, Minn.Lincoln, Nebr.Detroit, Mich.New York CityBrooklyn, N Y.Philadelphia, PaBoston, MassSandusky, 0.San Francisco, Cal.Charleston, S CMiddletown, Conn.San Antonio, TexSparta, Ga.Buffalo, N YPottsville, PaBrooklyn, N. YHot Springs, ArkRochester, N YCouncil Bluffs, IowaLitchfield, ConnPeekskill, N YNew Haven, ConnEast Bradford, Pa.Frankfort, KyCalifornia,Howard, N. YReading, Pa.Saratoga Springs, N. YWhitmsville, MassMiddletown, Conn.Brooklyn, N YNorfolk, MassCincinnati, OSan Luis Potosi, Mex.Kansas City, MoColorado Springs, Col.West Superior, Wise.New York CityCanon City, ColCambridge, Mass.Wilmington, DelNew York CityChicago, 111Hartford, Conn

Date of DeathDec 11, '92Aug. 19, '92June 24, '92

Jan 9, '93Febr 21, '93Dec 10, '92May 24, '93Jan 4, '93

May 26, '93April 30, '93

Sept 5, '92August, '92July 17, '91June 27, '92Febr 6, '93

March 17, '93Dec. 15, '92Oct 17, '92Apr. 25, '92Oct 16, '92

Sept 25, '92Dec 9, '92

Oct 26, '92July 17, '91

February, '93Apr 7, '93

Jan. 28, '93June 13, '93June 4, '93June 5, '93

Apr 23, '93March 11, '93

Aug. 14, '92Jan. 22, '93

Nov 16, '92Febr 25, '93

May 13, '93Oct 10, '92

Aug 20, '92Dec 17, '92Dec 2, '92

Dec. 29, '92June 20, '93Apr 17r '93

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YALE MEDICAL SCHOOL

Class Name and Age1826 William Woodruff, 891831 George Chandler, 871833 John H Simmons, 801839 William W Welch, 731842 William M Curtis, 731843 Linus P Brockett, 721854 Henry Pierpont, 611854 Joseph H Wakeman, 621857 John Witter, 601858 T Beers Townsend, 571861 George W Avery, 561866 Francis J Young, 501871 Frederic P Blodgett, 46

Place andThomaston, Conn.Worcester, MassAshford, ConnNorfolk, ConnBurlington, VtBrooklyn, N. YOrange, ConnRedding, ConnPutnam, ConnNew York CityHartford, Conn.Danbury, ClonnNew Haven, Conn

Date of DeathJune 10, '93May 17, '93

Nov 12, '91July 30, '92

Dec 3, '90Jan 13, '93

Aug 26, 92January, '92May 19, '91

March 31, '93Febr. 23, '93

Jan 5, '93Apr 22, '93

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1874 Hugh Dailey, 551882 Sherman H Hubbard, 321890 William A Andrew, 25

New Haven, ConnBridgeport, ConnCheshire, Conn

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Sept 12, '92

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1861 Joshua Sands, 501873 Moses Bulkley, 401873 William J Parks, 401877 Edwin Young, 371879 Emerson Y Foote, 351882 William A Chamberhn, 301886 George P D Townsend, 281887 Elmer E Bennett, 301890 George J Spencer, 36

Los Angeles, Cal.Brooklyn, N YNew York CityAlbany, N. Y.Chicago, 111New Haven, Conn.Fort Worth, Tex

Saybrook, Conn

Dec 31, '92Nov 30, '92Jan. 26, '92Apr 21, '93June 24, '92Apr 15, '93

March 21, '93February, '92

Nov 10, '92

The number of deaths recorded this year is 103, and the average age of the78 graduates of the Academical Department is 643^ years

The oldest living graduates of the Academical Department areClass of 1822, Rev HENRY HERRICK, of North Woodstock, Conn , born

March 5, 1803Class of 1822, Rev EDWARD BEECHER, of Brooklyn, N Y , born August

27, 1803.The oldest living graduate of the Medical Department is •Class of 1827, HENRY BRONSON, of New Haven, Conn , born January 30,

1804

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Class1890 I Andrew, William A. .1861 m Avery, George W1832 Backus, William W. .1842 Barber, Theodore P .1851 Beman, Henry DeW. ,1864 Benjamin, George W1887 s Bennett, Elmer E1887 Bennetto, John .1887 Berkele, Elmer F1852 Bigelow, Albert1836 Black, John W.1871 m Blodgett, Frederic P .1859 Bradbury, Ziba N1849 Bradley, Levi B1843 m Brockett, Linus P1842 Brown, Joseph V1858 Brown, Orlando1869 Bucklm, Sylvester F .1844 Buel, Henry W .1873 s Bulkley, Moses1835 Butler, Daniel1856 Campbell, William H W1882 s Chamberlm, William A1831 m Chandler, George1842 Chandler, Joseph1837 Chapm, Aaron L1844 Chapm, Nathan C1847 Cogswell, Frederick W.1837 Cooke, George W1891 Cox, John J.1892 Crosby, Benjamin L.1842 m Curtis, William M1874 I Dailey, Hugh1845 Day, Henry1845 Dean, James J1840 Devereux, John1891 duPont, Louis C1843 Eldndge, Hallam1879 s Foote, Emerson Y1827 Gelston, Maltby .1853 Gibson, Eandall L1853 Gillespie, James M1840 Goodwin, Henry M1852 Green, David B1879 Hadley, Otis C .1869 Harrison, George T.1853 Hart, Augustine1876 Hawley, Charles deF. .1849 Henson, Rufus A.1835 Howard, Oran E1882 I HubbaTd, Sherman H1836 Hurd, John C .

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